Reporter/Times Herald Boys Basketball (Feb. 27): Wissahickon’s Compas, Archbishop Wood’s Shepherd reach 1,000 points in wins
Wissahickon 54, Lower Moreland 46 >> Wissahickon’s Matt Compas recorded his 1,000th career point as the senior scored a game-high 28 points in the Trojans’ SOL nondivision victory.
Wissahickon (11-8, (6-4 SOL Liberty) was up 26-17 at halftime and led by eight at the end of the third. Both teams scored 19 points in the fourth.
Justin Sandler had a team-high 11 points for Lower Moreland (2-7, 2-6), which lost its second straight.
Archbishop Wood 69, St. Joseph’s Prep 52 >> Daeshon Shepherd scores his 1,000th career point, Rahsool Diggins had -high 25 points and Archbishop Wood used a strong second half to stay undefeated Saturday.
Shepherd, a La Salle commit, finished with 12 points as the Vikings (9-0, 9-0 PCL) outscored St. Joseph’s Prep 43-23 after trailing 29-26 at halftime.
Marcus Randolph added 14 points while Jaylen Stinson had 13 points. Randolph (nine) and Diggins (eight) combined for 17 of Wood’s 24 third-quarter points.
JP Egan and Richard Thomas paced the Hawks (2-8, 2-7) with 14 points. Austin Hodgens had 12 points for Prep, which led 21-11 after the first quarter.
Congratulations to @WoodBoysBball Senior Daeshon Shepherd who scored his 1000th career point today against @SJP_BB ! #WOODPROUD @ArchbishopWood @AOPathletics pic.twitter.com/Whn5rTowUS
— Archbishop Wood Athletics (@Wood_Vikings) February 27, 2021
Germantown Academy 71, Penn Charter 47 >> Jordan Longino added to his Germantown Academy boys record for career points in scoring a game-high 20 as the Patriots pulled away in the fourth to win their season finale.
Longino – who surpassed Alvin Williams as GA’s top scorer Feb. 23 – was one of four Patriots in double figures. Casey Traina and Dean Millard each scored 16 points – Millard collecting 10 in the fourth – while Jake Hsu scored 15 points.
Germantown Academy (6-3) led 49-40 entering the fourth and proceeded to outscore Penn Charter 22-7.
Trey Shinholster had 19 points for the Quakers (2-2) while Mark Butler chipped in 11 points.
Longino, a Villanova commit, finishes his career with 1,763 points.