Mercury Roundup (Jan. 31): Perk School boys, girls coast to wins
BOYS BASKETBALL
Perkiomen School 92, Phelps School 76
Highlights: Despite being outshot 12-2 from the 3-point line, the Panthers’ dominance inside led them to victory Monday. Preist Ryan ‘23 led the Panthers charge off the bench with 20 points. His front court mates, Daouda Dembele ‘22 and Ibra Bayu ‘22 both had rim rocking dunks in route to 16 and 13 points apiece.
The backcourt of Sam Pohlman ‘22 & Xaivian Lee ‘22 led the flow of offense, and both scored 10 points. Perkiomen School avenged a loss to Phelps from November. Jack Collins and SJ Hutchinson both had 16 for Phelps.
Phelps School: Holmes 4 0-1 8, Payne 1 2-3 3, Hutchinson 4 4-4 16, Kelly 3 6-6 14, Mucius 1 0-0 3, Beniwal 2 2-3 8, Wrisby-Jefferson 2 1-2 7, Collins 5 5-7 16, Totals 22 20-26
Perkiomen School: Pohlman 2 5-6 10, Lee 4 2-2 10, Dembele 8 0-0 16, Ryan 6 8-11 20, Dunn 4 0-0 8, Haugh 2 0-0 5, Korete 2 0-0 4, Bayu 6 1-6 13, Rosenberger 2 0-0 4, Legris 1 0-0 2, Totals 37 16-25
Phelps School 37 39-76
Perkiomen School 50 42-92
3-point goals: PH – Hutchinson 4, Kelly 2, Mucius, Beniwal 2, Wrisby-Jefferson 2, Collins; PE – Pohlman, Haugh.
Norristown 59, Bensalem 40
Highlights: John DiNolfi’s 24-point night paced the Eagles in Monday’s non-league win. Zaki Gomez had 11 and Righteous Mitchell nine in the victory. Norristown took control by holding Bensalem to three points in the second quarter.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Perkiomen School 59, Barrack Hebrew Acad. 32
Highlights: Headed by Lauren Patnode’s 20 point-effort, the Panthers had four double-figure scorers in Monday’s win. Christina Sanchez added 16, Rachel Dunn had 12 and Jade Marquez had 11 in the victory.
Barrack Acad.: E. Singer 5 1-1 13, Trastenberg 1 0-0 2, J. Singer 0 0-0 0, H. Zagusky 0 0-0 0, Ufberg 2 0-0 4, A. Zagusky 0 0-0 0, Felger 5 1-1 13, Totals 13 2-2 32.
Perk School: Sanchez 7 2-2 16, Sokolova 0 0-0 0, Dunn 5 0-0 12, Scanlon 0 0-0 0, Marquez 5 0-2 11, Tobin 0 0-0 0, Patnode 8 2-3 20, Totals 25 4-7 59.
Barrack Hebrew 7 5 5 15-32
Perkiomen School 16 13 18 12-59
3-point goals: BH – E. Singer 2 Felger 2; PS – Dunn 2, Marquez, Patnode.
Perkiomen Valley 47, Upper Moreland 24
Highlights: Emma Miley and Jenniffer Beattie combined for 32 points and the Vikings put together a stifling defensive performance in Monday’s non-league win.
