Mercury Roundup (Dec. 5): Brown’s 26 helps Phoenixville rolls past Great Valley, 76-41

BOYS BASKETBALL

Phoenixville 76, Great Valley 41

Dawson Brown scored 17 first-half points en route to a 26-point night and Max Lebisky netted 22 as Phoenixville routed neighboring Great Valley in a non-league meeting Dec. 5.

Great Valley: Morkowski 0 0-0 0, McDaniel 0 0-0 0, Stahl 1 3-3 6, Person 2 0-0 4, Mack 0 0-0 0, Metrick 2 2-2 7, Weickert 0 1-2 1, Woodard 5 2-2 14, Levine 1 0-0 2, Benson 0 0-0 0, Murtaugh 1 0-0 2, Woodward 1 1-2 3, Alexander 0 2-2 2. Totals 13 11-13 41.

Phoenixville: Absher 1 2-2 4, Yurick 0 2-2 2, Venezia 0 0-0 0, O’Donnell 2 0-0 5, Leo 0 0-0 0, Meadows 1 2-2 4, Cervino 0 0-0 0, Baratta 1 1-2 3, Brown 10 2-2 26, C Cervino 3 0-0 6, Lebisky 8 6-8 22, McClintock 1 2-2 4. Totals 27 17-20 76. 

Great Valley 13 13 7 10 – 41

Phoenixville 18 14 28 16 – 76

3-pointers: Woodard 2, Metrick, Stahl; Brown 4, O’Donnell.

Unionville 51, Spring-Ford 49 OT

James Brenner scored the winning layup in overtime as part of a 15-point night, lifting Unionville over host Spring-Ford on Dec. 5. It spoiled the 23-point performance of S-F standout Jacob Nguyen. Tommy Kelly tallied 10 for SF.

Unionville: Brenner 6 0-1 15, Anderson 4 0-0 8, Robbins 1 0-0 2, Brown 3 0-0 8, Kammeier 1 4-7 6, Diehl 6 0-2 12. Totals 21 4-10 51.

Spring-Ford: Green 1 0-0 2, Kelly 4 0-2 10, Nguyen 8 4-5 23, Zollers 4 0-0 8, Marsilio 0 0-0 0, Dellangelo 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 0-0 0, Pufko 0 0-0 0, Mokonchu 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 4-7 49

Unionville 9 12 14 11 4 – 51

Spring-Ford 16 12 10 9 2 – 49

3-pointers; Brenner 3, Brown 2; Nguyen 3, Kelly 2. 

Owen J. Roberts 55, Downingtown East 37

Luke Fryer got hot in the second half on the way to 23 points and Owen J. Roberts pulled away from Ches-Mont foe Downingtown East Tuesday night.

Owen J. Roberts: Kanyangarara 0 0-0 0, Walker 0 2-2 2, Fryer 8 3-4 23, Drumheller 0 1-2 1, Cline 4 0-2 9, Holmberg 2 0-0 5, Cashman 3 0-0 7, King 3 2-4 8, Rose 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 8-14 55.

Downingtown East: Faust 1 0-0 2, Brown 0 0-2 0, Littlepage 2 1-2 3, Jain 0 0-0 0, Henderson 1 0–0 2, Pell 2 3-5 7, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Ramprasad 0 0-0 0, Lammy 0 0-0 0, Neff 2 0-0 4, Milon 0 0-0 0, Krupansky 5 2-2 16.

Owen J. Roberts 8 12 20 15 – 55

Downingtown East 9 8 4 16 – 37

Upper Perkiomen 65, Brandywine Heights 52

Evan Bosler  (18) and Aiden Keyser (15) combined for 33 points and Upper Perk pulled away at the free-throw line in a non-league meeting with Brandywine.

Upper Perkiomen: Galassi 0 0-0 0, Williams 1 2-4 5, Brown 4 1-2 10, Dice 0 0-0 0, Schmittinger 0 0-0 0, Keyser 3 9-11 15, Reid 1 0-2 2, Rieg 2 3-4 9, Bosler 5 4-4 18, Gehman 1 1-4 4, Rice 1 0-3 2. Totals 18 20-34 65. 

Brandywine Heights: Ray 0 2-2 2, Harmany 6 0-0 15, COffin 3 0-0 6, Levengood 1 2-3 5, Dorio 1 0-0 3, Craft 0 0-0 0, Clark 9 2-3 21, Lentz 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 6-8 52. 

Upper Perkiomen 12 15 17 21 – 65

Brandywine Heights 15 12 6 19 – 52

Shipley 62, Pope John Paul II 54

Dom Demito ignited PJP’s attempted comeback with 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter but it wasn’t enough for the Golden Panthers to overcome Shipley School on Dec. 5.

Dobbins 58, Pottstown 45

A fiery start and 32-point first quarter carried Dobbins to victory over Pottstown Tuesday. Jurell Young topped Pottstown’s scoring with 13 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Perkiomen Valley 69, Unionville 13

The reigning PAC and District 1-6A champions began their season in devastating fashion by vaulting past Unionville. Perk Valley led 17-2 through one quarter and 28-6 at halftime. Bella Bacani netted 17 and Grace Galbavy scored 16, while Quinn Boettinger (10) also reached double figures for PV.

Unionville: Milana Amoss 0 0-2 0, Savannah Lang 3 0-0 6, Kerri Menninger 0 0-0 0, Elle Johnson 1 2-2 4, Shannon Megill 1 0-0 2, Izzy DellaBarba 0 0-2 0, Elise Kurcharczuk 0 0-0 0, Kathryn Cromer 0 1-2 1. Totals 5 3-8 13.

Perkiomen Valley: Anna Stein 3 0-0 6, Bella Bacani 7 1-1 17, Julia Smith 2 0-0 5, Kate Nemic 0 1-2 1, Lena Stein 2 2-2 7, Amiya Fowler 1 0-0 2, Grace Miley 2 0-0 5, Quinn Boettinger 5 0-0 10, Grace Galbavy 7 2-2 16. Totals 29 6-8 69.

Unionville 2 4 4 3 – 13

Perkiomen Valley 17 11 22 19 – 69

3-pointers: Uv- ; PV-Bacani 2i, Smith, Stein, Miley.

Brandywine Heights 43, Pope John Paul II 37

Brandywine Heights bested PJP in the second half in a non-league meeting on Dec. 5. Sofie Vigliotta hit three 3s and had a team-high 10 points for PJP.

Brandywine Heights: Stoudt 1 0-0 2, Daubert 0 0-0 0, G Potteiger 1 1-3 3, Moyer 3 3-4 10, Benner 7 0-0 14, Crist 2 0-0 4, Narzenluft 3 4-4 10. Totals 17 4-11 43.

Pope John Paul II: Derecola 1 0-0 3, Fitzgerald 2 1-2 5, Nilles 4 1-4 9, Albeck 2 1-1 6, McCoy 0 0-0 0, Vigliotta 3 1-2 10, Colliluori 0 4-6 4. Totals 12 8-15-37.

Brandywine Heights 10 6 13 14 – 43

Pope John Paul II 11 13 4 9 – 37

3-pointers: Moyer; Vigliotta 3, Derecola, Albeck.

Marple Newtown 53, Pottsgrove 26

The Falcons were doomed by turnovers in the early going on a non-league loss to Marple Newtown. Pottsgrove was led by senior Jessica Carroll, who scored 11 with five rebounds and four steals.