Roundup (Feb. 2): Perkiomen Valley survives overtime test from Spring-Ford, runs table in PAC play

Girls’ Basketball

Perkiomen Valley 56, Spring-Ford 48 OT

After Grace Galbavy’s late 3-pointer forced overtime, Perkiomen Valley was clutch in the extra period with a key basket from Bella Bacani and 7-for-7 shooting at the free-throw line to cap a perfect run through the Pioneer Athletic Conference regular season at Spring-Ford.

Perk Valley (10-0 PAC Liberty, 13-0 conference), the No. 1 ranked team in District 1 Class 6A, upped its record to 21-1 and secured the No. 1 seed for the PAC tournament, which begins next Thursday, Feb. 8.

A tight battle throughout, the Rams were ahead 20-19 at halftime and the game was tied 31-31 after three quarters.

Spring-Ford built a two-possession lead in the late stages but Perk Valley came back, Galbavy’s 3-pointer with 16.1 seconds left followed by her block of Anna Azzara’s buzzer attempt forcing overtime.

In overtime, a Grace Miley and-one for PV was answered by an Azzara triple. But it was the scoring the VIkings would allow as Bacani’s floater with 1:55 left gave them the lead for good.

Game-high scoring honors went to Perkiomen Valley’s Grace Galbavy who had 21 points while Quinn Boettinger scored 13. The Rams had a trio of players in double figures — Kareena Preuss had 12 points, Aaliyah Solliday scored 11 points, and Katie Tiffan added 10 points.

Spring-Ford (8-2, 11-2, 18-4) will be the No. 3 seed for the PAC tournament and will host a quarterfinal on Thursday, Feb. 8.

Perkiomen Valley 56, Spring-Ford 48 OT
Perkiomen Valley 11 8 12 14 11 – 56
Spring-Ford 18 2 11 14 3 – 48
Perkiomen Valley: A Stein 1 0 6-6 8, Bacani 2 0 2-2 6, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, L Stein 0 0 3-4 3, Miley 1 0 3-3 5, Boettinger 4 0 5-6 13, Galbavy 6 2 3-6 21. Totals 14 2 22-27 56.
Spring-Ford: Preuss 3 2 0-0 12, Solliday 2 2 1-2 11, Allocca 0 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0 0-0 0, Azzara 3 1 0-0 9, K Tiffan 3 1 1-1 10, C Tiffan 0 0 0-0 0, Pettinelli 0 2 0-0 6. Totals 11 8 2-3 48.

Boys’ basketball

Pottstown 72, Norristown 69

Abdul Jackson scored 13 of his game-high 23 points in the second half, while Jurrell Young poured in all 17 of his points after halftime as Pottstown rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to knock off Norristown in a PAC cross-division battle.

The Trojans (8-2 Frontier, 11-3 PAC, 15-6 overall) won for the fifth time in their last six games, with Dillon Mayes (15 points) and Sadeeq Jackson (13) also producing strong efforts.

Jayden Byrd paced Norristown (4-6 Liberty, 7-7 PAC, 11-11 overall) with 22 points, while Kevin Bonds and Myon Kirlew chipped in 14 apiece.

Pottstown 14 15 21 22 – 72
Norristown 18 20 16 15 – 69
Pottstown: Whitehurst 0 0 0-0 0, Mayes 4 2 1-2 15, A. Jackson 9 0 5-7 23, Young 5 2 1-3 17, S. Jackson 3 2 1-1 13, Booker 0 0 0-0 0, Lyons 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 23 6 8-13 72
Norristown: Byrd 10 0 2-4 22, Daniels 1 2 0-0 8, John 0 0 0-0 0, Giddens 2 0 0-0 4, Bonds 4 1 3-3 14, Kirlew 6 0 2-2 14, Tuggle 0 1 0-0 3, Van Duyne 2 0 0-0 4. Totals 25 4 7-9 69

Perkiomen School 67, Hill School 59

Perkiomen School used a hot start to build a double-digit first half lead, only for Hill School to rally to make it a one-possession game with two minutes remaining. The Panthers buckled down and closed the game out with some clutch defensive stops.

Ethan Johnson led the Rams with 18 points, while Jacob Meachum (15) and Logan Davis (10) also reached double figures.