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Council Rock South 71, Downingtown West 56
Strong starts in the first and third quarters proved the difference as Council Rock South bounced back from a disappointing conference loss with a huge non-league win over Downingtown West on Friday.
“It was very important for us,” said Golden Hawks coach Chris Clark. “We had a real setback on Tuesday (against Neshaminy), to come back – and we had a really good first quarter – showed the toughness of our kids after a tough game on Tuesday.
“We got out to 16-5 in the first quarter. Their press bothered us in the second quarter, but in the third we outscored them 22-12. We were more aggressive against their press, looking to get up the floor and get layups.”
Joe Purcell came off the bench and scored a team-high 17 points, while Jack Rebholz added 16 and three 3-pointers. Michael Stewart added 16 and Luca Baratta chipped in with 11.
“Joey Purcell missed the last two weeks with a sprained ankle,” Clark said. “He had 17 points, led us in scoring.
“It was a team effort defensively. We played really well and shared the ball more on offense.”
CR South (12-6, 5-3 SOL) is back in league play Tuesday at unbeaten league leader Bensalem.
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Downingtown West 5 20 12 19-56 CR South 16 16 22 17-71
Downingtown West (56) – Kaiser 3 0-0 9; Blair 2 0-0 5; Lunberg 1 0-0 2; Walter 4 1-1 12; Dever 6 0-0 17; Miree 1 0-0 2; Primanti 3 1-1 8; Schaub 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 2-2 57.
CR South (71) – Jack Rebholz 5 3-4 16; Michael Stewart 4 7-11 16; Kevin McNamee 3 0-4 6; Luke Meakim 1 3-4 5; Luca Baratta 3 4-5 11; Joe Purcell 8 0-0 17. Totals 24 17-27 71.
3-point goals: DW-Dever 5, Kaiser 2, Blair 1, Walter 1, Primanti 1; CRS-Rebholz 3, Stewart 1, Baratta 1, Purcell 1