Perkiomen Valley vs Reading High Boys basketball 3/16/2017

Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 8:00 PM
Perkiomen Valley at Reading High (Boys basketball)

	1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Final
Perkiomen Valley	14	16	11	11	52
Reading High	10	15	14	23	62

Highlights: Tyrone Nesby IV and Lonnie Walker IV combined for 17 fourth-quarter points to spark a furious comeback as Reading High defeated Perkiomen Valley in a PIAA Class 6A second-round game at Santander Arena.

The Red Knights (27-3) trailed by seven points early in the final quarter before running off a devastating 16-0 burst to take the Vikings (23-7) out.

Nesby finished with 20 points and Walker with 18.

Justin Jaworski scored a game-high 21 for the Vikings, who finished eighth in the District 1 Tournament before taking out District 12 champ Roman Catholic.

Reading didn’t take the lead for good until Nesby stole a pass and fed to Walker, who slammed it home for a 51-50 lead with 2:51 left.

The Red Knights, the third-place finisher in District 3, advance to the state quarterfinals meet the winner of Friday’s game between Pocono Mountain West and Plymouth-Whitemarsh.

For a complete report read Mike Drago's story in the print edition of the Reading Eagle or on-line at readingeagle.com.

Perkiomen Valley Stats

Player	#	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	3PM	3PA	R	A	Pts
Jaworski, Justin	11	8	13	2	3	3	6	6	2	21
Light, Andrew	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	4	0
Strechay, Tyler	13	2	3	0	0	2	3	5	0	6
Owens, Sean	15	4	9	0	0	1	2	2	2	9
Millheim, Hogan	34	6	8	4	4	0	0	4	0	16
Gorla, Joe	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graves, Dante	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		20	35	6	7	6	12	24	8	52

Reading High Stats

Player	#	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	3PM	3PA	R	A	Pts
Butler, Wesley	3	2	7	4	6	0	0	1	3	8
Walker IV, Lonnie	4	8	14	2	5	0	5	5	3	18
Nesby IV, Tyrone	13	6	11	5	6	3	8	3	2	20
Cook, Isiah	24	4	5	0	1	2	3	3	0	10
Comfort, Tymir	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Starks, Xavier	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dixon, R.J.	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3
Genao Batista, Jose	15	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3
Totals		22	42	12	20	6	19	17	9	62

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