Updates here for the PIAA Class AAA boys championship game between defending champion Neumann-Goretti and Montour:
Montour keeping early pace with NG, tied 5-5 at 4:54 1st
Both teams missing plenty from floor (33.3% for Montour, 26.7% for NG)
Montour with 9-5 lead at 2:21 … all nine points between Dillon Buechel (5) and Austin heter (4)
Tied at 9-9 under 1:00
Big trey by Kevin Sciulli late 1st … 12-9 Montour
END 1st: MONTOUR 12, NEUMANN-GORETTI 9
START 2ND
TO at 6:22, Montour leads 15-11
NG rallies, ties game at 17-17 … Montour TO at 4:34
NG finds a little smoke at the end of the quarter, lead 24-21 at the half
END HALF: NEUMANN-GORETTI 24, MONTOUR 21
NG strikes quickly, opens lead to 26-21 and gets turnover … Montour will have to get to work now
Nice reverse lay Devin Wilson closes it to 26-23, NG
Big trey by derrick Stewart of NG makes it 29-25 at 5:30 … And Jimmy Sciulli of Montour responds with a 3
Montour gets lead at 4;51, 30-29
TO at 3:54, Montour 30-29
Nice run by Goretti, retake lead at 31-30
Heter down low, M leads 32-31
Pace is strong now, lots of lead changes, M up 34-33 at 1;45
N-G gets nice play along baseline by derrick Stewrat for and one, 38-34
END 3rd: NEUMANN-GORETTI 38, MONTOUR 34
START 4th
NG unloads quickly, raise lead to 42-34
Goretti running Montour, up 44-34, M coach Adam Kaufman trying to call and can’t get TO
NG calls TO with 4:34 left … Montour getting close to miracle tim, must come out with strong run out of the TO
NG running away … lead 48-34 with 2:36 left .. Montour definitely in Miracle Land now after NG 15-0 run
Trey by Aaron McGee at 2:14 gets it back to 10, 48-38 NG
Down to 1:40, NG leads 49-38
Timeout at 1:00, McGee makes jumper to close to 49-40, but M burned a lot of clock setting up the shot
NG Derrick Stewart wraps it up, 51-40 at 47.2
Buechel cans a 3 at ;39 to make it 51-43, but it’s too little too late
NG’s Ja’Quan Newton dunks at 23.2 … 55-43 with 23.2 left … Montour subs
FINAL: NEUMANN-GORETTI 55, MONTOUR 45
