A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsule for March 12, 2024
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Monday, March 11, 2024 | 12:00 PM
Fox Chapel’s Jefferson Moorefield-Brown drives on Shaler’s Sam Himrod and Brandon London (left) on Feb. 9, 2024, at Fox Chapel.
PIAA basketball playoffs
Boys
Class 5A
Second round
Fox Chapel (16-11) vs. Bethel Park (14-13)
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at AHN Arena, Peters Township
District seeds: Fox Chapel 7-5; Bethel Park 7-6
Winner plays: Winner of 3-3 York Suburban (21-6)/7-1 Moon (24-3) on Friday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD)
Players to watch: Asher White, Fox Chapel; Michael Mathias, Bethel Park
Layup lines: Fox Chapel opened the PIAA playoffs with a 57-52 victory over Cathedral Prep on Friday. White tied a career-high with 23 points, and Jefferson Moorefield-Brown added 19. Will Siegel added 13 rebounds for the Foxes. Fox Chapel beat Bethel Park, 57-36, in the WPIAL fifth-place game Feb. 28, behind 16 points from Siegel. … Bethel Park scored a 59-45 victory over Hershey on Friday. Mathias had 22 points, and Shawn Davis added 20 for the Black Hawks, who made 10 3-pointers as a team. The Black Hawks beat South Fayette and Gateway in the WPIAL playoffs and lost to Shaler in the quarterfinals. Bethel Park averaged and allowed 58.9 points this season.
Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.
Tags: Bethel Park, Fox Chapel
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