Hoop Dreams, Lower Merion-Style, return to the Bryant Gym in Ardmore on Saturday night, when the Lower Merion Aces host the Parkland High School Trojans. The tip-off is at 7:30.
Last season, Lower Merion won their first PIAA District 1 Championship since the Kobe Bryant Era. In the State Championship tournament, the Aces lost by four points in the semifinals to Archbishop Wood.
Lower Merion will once again be led by 6’9″ Senior, Demetrius Lilley (Committed to Penn State).
Lilley will be teaming up for one more season with Sharp-shooting 6’2″ Junior, Sam Brown (his Dad is former Seventy-Sixers coach, Brett Brown).
BOYS #BASKETBALL: @LMathletics’s @JaylenShippen hits a 3-pointer to get the Aces within 70-67 with 7.6 seconds left 4Q vs. Archbishop Wood. pic.twitter.com/v73JWEOfyM
— Mike Cabrey (@mpcabrey) March 24, 2021
5’11” guard, Jaylen Shippen is the third starter who will be back on the hardwood for Lower Merion (they lost Zack Wong and Sam Davidson to graduation). Coach Greg Downer told Cityof BasketballLove that “Shippen is our swiss-army knife, he does a little bit of everything to help us. He is our best defender, a real gritty tough kid, he can score when we need him to, and he is a senior who has started a lot of games and will come into the year with a lot of experience.”
Great stuff Gerry!