It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Shipley can now relate to. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 60-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), Shipley still had to take the loss.
Shipley lost on Wednesday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Gyasi Miller, who scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Miller has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Will Littles, Jr, who scored 15 points.
Makhai Anderson was his usual excellent self, scoring 29 points for Solebury. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Anderson has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Simpson, who scored 16 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Shipley and nudges their season record down to 5-17. As for Solebury, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-10.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Shipley will face off against Hill School at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Solebury, they will head out on the road to take on Abington Friends at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Solebury's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 matches.
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