NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: FIRST-PLACE NP-LIBERTY RALLIES PAST SAYRE, 52-49 (19 PHOTOS) (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports ReportSAYRE - First-place North Penn-Liberty used a big third quarter to rally for a 52-49 win over Sayre here Tuesday night in NTL Small School boys basketball action.
"Credit to (North Penn-) Liberty, they are a very good basketball team and have played in and won these types of basketball games," said Sayre coach Devin Shaw. "They made a few more plays down the stretch and put themselves in a position to win the game."
Junior Zach Moore knocked down a 3-pointer and scored five points in the first quarter, and junior Connor Young added four points, leading Sayre to a 13-6 lead after the first eight minutes.
Moore added seven more points in the second quarter, and senior Corbin Brown scored five points as Sayre maintained its lead, at 27-20, at the half.
NP-L's Koleton Roupp and Brandon Thompson scored six points apiece in the third quarter to fuel a 21-10 run that gave the Mountaineers a 41-37 lead heading into the final eight minutes.
"We came out a little flat in the second half," said Shaw.
"I'm really disappointed in myself for the way I coached in the second half," he noted. "I let it get too sloppy in the third quarter, and I think was a big difference-maker in the game. I need to do a better job.
"Despite the tough third quarter, our team played their tails off, and battled all the way down to the wire," added Shaw.
Sophomore Dom Fabbri canned a 3-pointer and scored five points in the fourth quarter, and Young added four points, but NP-L's Noah Spencer scored seven points in the final stanza to help preserve the win.
Moore pumped in 20 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Redskins, while Young scored 10 points, and Fabbri and Brown each added seven points.
Spencer led NP-L, now 13-1, with 16 points, while Thompson scored 10 points, and Colton Litzelman added eight.
Sayre, now 6-7, returns to action Thursday at NEB.
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IN PHOTO 1: Sayre's Zach Moore. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAVID ALLIGER -
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