Middletown vs Berks Catholic Boys basketball 2/26/2018

Monday, February 26, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Middletown at Berks Catholic (Boys basketball)

	1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Final
Middletown	8	13	6	6	33
Berks Catholic	15	8	12	16	51

Highlights: Second-seeded Berks Catholic fought through some early struggles to beat third-seeded Middletown 51-33 in a District 3 Class 4A semifinal at Penn Manor.

The Saints (25-2) advance to the district title game Thursday at Giant Center at 7, against No. 9 Bishop McDevitt.

The Saints led just 23-21 at the half and were struggling against the Blue Raiders' triangle-and-two defense but countered with a great defensive effort of their own to record their 21st straight win, matching a school record.

Luis Garcia finished with a game-high 15 points, despite playing the fourth quarter with four fouls.

Tre Dabney had 11 points and turned in another standout defensive effort, limiting Middletown's leading scorer, Ryan Hughes, to 11 points, and just two in the second half.

Keba Mitchell finished with 10 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks and played the entire second half without drawing a foul after being called for three in the first half.

The Saints began to pull away in the third quarter as the Blue Raiders (16-7) made just 1-of-13 shots from the field.

Berks Catholic led 35-26 late in the third quarter and by 14 with 4 1/2 minutes to go.

The Saints won back-to-back district championships in their first two seasons, 2012 and 2013, but have not returned the finals since.

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

Player	#	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	3PM	3PA	R	A	Pts
Hughes, R		4	10	1	3	2	6	7	1	11
Truesdale, Kyle		3	10	3	6	0	3	5	0	9
Plummer, Chris		1	12	3	5	0	4	12	0	5
Leach, Tre		3	17	4	6	0	5	5	0	8
Alcock, David		0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Fox, Brady		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Petroski,		0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jackson,		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		11	54	11	20	2	20	35	4	33

Berks Catholic Stats

Player	#	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	3PM	3PA	R	A	Pts
Garcia, Luis	3	5	14	5	6	0	4	4	2	15
Mitchell, Kyran	12	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	1
Jack, Casey	13	2	6	5	6	0	2	8	1	9
Mitchell, Keba	14	4	6	2	7	0	0	11	2	10
Dabney, Tre	23	4	6	0	0	3	5	4	1	11
Hagelbarger, Jack	2	1	4	1	4	1	4	6	1	4
Painton, Luke	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Totals		16	38	15	27	4	17	37	8	51

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