Game Report: Westtown vs ANC

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Friday night, the Westtown Moose took a ride to Bryn Athyn for their Friends League match versus the Lions of Academy of the New Church.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The first quarter got underway with a stepback 3 from [player_tooltip player_id='1119156' first='Deywilk' last='Tavarez'] (6'3 G ‘23). With Bahsil Laster (6'5 G ‘24) at the point, ANC immediately went to their 1-3-1 zone to counter Westtown's size advantage. But [player_tooltip player_id='1369805' first='Jayden' last='Kelsey'] (6'7 G ‘25), [player_tooltip player_id='1477774' first='Malik' last='Rasul'] (6'8 F ‘24), and [player_tooltip player_id='1393685' first='Seyphon' last='Triplett'] were each able to cash in threes for the Moose. Whatever they didn't make, Rasul and [player_tooltip player_id='1173984' first='Matt' last='Gilhool'] (6'10 F/C ‘24) cleaned up, with Gilhool getting a couple putbacks. Nolan Waldon (6'0 G ‘24) returned the favor for the Lions with 11 points on three triples of his own.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>19-14, ANC</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With [player_tooltip player_id='1608494' first='Dior' last='Carter'] (6'3 W ‘26) cutting and diving to the rim for 8 points, ANC's second quarter success came inside. They kept up the pressure on defense, but they couldn't keep Westtown off the boards. The Moose got second-chance points - led by Rasul's work on the glass - and spread the love around with [player_tooltip player_id='1383005' first='Cameron' last='Wallace'] (6'5 W ‘25) getting on the scoreboard, thanks to his off-ball movement, and Triplett getting another 4 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>34-29, ANC</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the third, Jayden Forsythe (6'4 G ‘25) came alive for Westtown. He knocked down a pull up, then a catch-and-shoot three, and Kelsey added another, getting ANC out of their zone. Forsythe also had some finesse finishes in the quarter. ANC began picking up three-quarter court before dropping back into their man-defense. They forced turnovers and rebounded as a team, then got out in transition. Jarell Keel (6'2 G ‘23) had his second block of the game and stepped on offense. Their ball-movement carried them as their guards created each other. Tavarez's jumper started falling again and Laster pulled up for one too.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>52-46, ANC</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Points were hard to come by in the final quarter of action. Westtown was short-handed but still had enough length to bother ANC and get stops. On the other hand, the Lions kept them off-balance by switching back-and-forth between their 1-3-1 and man. Carter had four big rebounds, including two on offense, and four more points as the Lions put the game away.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>62-52, ANC.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"textDecoration":"underline"}}} --> <p style="text-decoration:underline">Top Scorers</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>ANC: Laster 14 pts, Carter 13 pts, Tavarez 11 pts, Waldon 11 pts,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>WT: Forsythe 14 pts, Kelsey 11 pts, Triplett 10 pts</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->