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Nov 14, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Justin Procope |Kassidy Ingram |Mark Jorda

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) + Kassidy Ingram (@ingram_kassidy) –– Drexel University women’s head coach Amy Mallon was happy to make history. Mallon has been around the Big 5 as a player and assistant at St. Joe’s, but never got the chance to compete in the city’s long-running hoops series in her 21 years with the Dragons. Amaris Baker (above) scored 22 points in Drexel's win. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL) She and her Dragons made the first one count.

Nov 13, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Justin Procope |Kassidy Ingram |Mark Jorda

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) — When Luke Bevilacqua arrives at Lafayette next year, he’ll have a head start with a couple of his teammates. He’s already familiar with Mark Butler, who he played with two summers ago for Philly Pride’s 17U squad, the former Penn Charter point guard and current George School senior big man getting a chance to develop some on-court chemistry for an offseason. He goes back even further with fellow Leopards commit Shareef Jackson — all the way to sixth grade.

Nov 13, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Justin Procope |Josh Verlin |Kassidy Ingram |Mark Jorda

By Justin Procope (@1Procope) ----  There’s something about the Big 5 that brings out the best in Temple’s Zion Stanford. The last time we saw the 6-foot-6 sophomore guard play in this competition, he was slashing his way to 19 points in the Big 5 Championship Game against Saint Joseph’s. While the streamers that fell that night were not for the Cherry and White, Stanford showed what he could do on a big stage.

Nov 12, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Kassidy Ingram |Mark Jorda |Joseph Santoliquito

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) — A rough night for Erik Reynolds II used to mean a rough night for Saint Joseph’s. As Villanova found out the hard way on Tuesday night — take Reynolds away, and the rest of the Hawks can make you pay. Erik Reynolds II celebrates during the second half of St. Joe's win over Villanova.

Nov 12, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Rich Flanagan |Kassidy Ingram |Josh Verlin |Mark Jorda

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) — (Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2023-24 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.) ~~~ Last year was uncharted territory for Neumann-Goretti, one of the most accomplished and heralded high school programs locally and nationally since Carl Arrigale took over in 1999.