Matthew Allibone

Dec 11, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Matthew Allibone |Andrew Robinson |Josh Verlin |David Comer

She’s discovered this new mentality despite missing last season with a torn ACL that shattered her psyche in the moment. Now Brescia is one of the leaders of a Spring-Ford team determined to remain one of the top Class 6A teams in the state after graduating a dominant and decorated senior class. The 5-foot-8 senior led the Rams with 25 points in an eye-opening 75-47 home win over Phoenixville Tuesday night that improved the team’s record to 2-1.

Dec 4, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Joseph Santoliquito |Josh Verlin |Andrew Robinson |Matthew Allibone

Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) –– PHILADELPHIA — Carnell Henderson runs slightly hunched, as if he is trying to hide from something. Over the last two years, the Imhotep Charter 6-foot-3 senior guard was hidden away, playing in the considerable shadow cast by the Panthers’ UConn-bound Ahmad Nowell.

Dec 4, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Andrew Robinson |Josh Verlin |Matthew Allibone |Dan Arkans

Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) –– GLENSIDE >> Lindsay Kutz’s pain turned out to be Widener women’s basketball’s gain. The Pride junior is about as tough as they come, so even an ailing knee wasn’t going to keep her off the floor last season but it did require a position change from guard to forward. Now healthy, thanks to an offseason surgery, Kutz is giving Widener even more as her efforts Wednesday night at Arcadia showed.

Dec 4, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Andrew Robinson |Matthew Allibone |Dan Arkans

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) — It’s safe to say the 2024 edition of the Big 5 hasn’t gone as expected. That sets up a fun tripleheader this Saturday, as the city series comes to a conclusion with the second edition of the men’s Big 5 Classic at the Wells Fargo Center.

Dec 4, 2024 | cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Andrew Robinson |Matthew Allibone |Dan Arkans

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) — The inaugural Big 5 Women’s Classic will take place this Friday, Dec. 6, at Villanova’s Finneran Pavilion, with all six Big 5 programs competing under the same roof for the first time. With Drexel joining the Big 5 for the first time this offseason, the women’s city series restructured to match the men’s new format from a year ago, dividing the six teams into two pods, with two set matchups to determine the pairings for the championship night.