UPPER ST. CLAIR, Pa. – With Mt. Lebanon seeking to shut in on the Class 6A part 2 title, the Blue Devils needed to get previous rival Higher St. Clair on the street. Due to a vital and-one play by Devin Corridor late within the fourth quarter, the Panthers handed the Blue Devils their first loss in part play, 37-36.

Because the clock wore down within the fourth quarter, Mt. Lebanon held a slim two-point lead. Then, Corridor motored his means down the lane, completed with a bucket and was fouled. After sinking the foul shot, Higher St. Clair was on its option to victory.

“Coach known as the proper play and I capitalized on it,” Corridor mentioned on his and-one play.

Mt. Lebanon had one closing alternative after a timeout as Michael Pfeuffer drove to the ring and threw one up that may not go. The rebound got here down proper into the arms of Tanner Donati who put it again up, but in addition couldn’t get it to fall. Even with some physicality right down to the top, the refs didn’t name a foul on both shot because the Panthers held on.

Going into the ultimate possession after the timeout, Corridor and his teammates knew what they needed to do to clinch the victory.

“It’s the final couple seconds, it’s nearly executing the defensive performs,” Corridor mentioned.

In a low-scoring affair, Corridor led all scorers with 14 factors. His physicality and talent to complete had been the distinction makers within the win.

“[Hall] was great tonight,” Holzer mentioned. “We knew he had this in him. He took over the fourth quarter. He’s a extremely gifted and gifted offensive participant.

The one-point victory comes after Mt. Lebanon took care of the Panthers in double additional time earlier this season on its house courtroom. This time, it was Higher St. Clair – fueled by the house crowd and scholar part – that took care of enterprise.

“It means loads to our crew,” head coach Danny Holzer mentioned. “Us and Mt. Lebanon are two actually good applications, and we now have a whole lot of respect for each other, nevertheless it’s all the time nice to beat them.

Whereas the sport got here right down to the wire as soon as once more between these two rivals, Mt. Lebanon opened the sport on a 10-1 run. Within the second quarter, Higher St. Clair responded with its personal 12-0 run. From there, it was a decent recreation till the top.

“I advised these guys to remain the course,” Holzer mentioned. “For as dangerous because it appeared, we had been solely down 9. They actually damage us on the offensive boards within the first quarter. As soon as we settled down and did a greater job defensive rebounding, we had been capable of do some issues.”

Including to Corridor’s 14 factors, Julian Dahlem factored in with seven factors, together with a six-point evening from senior Matthew Gaither. For Mt. Lebanon, Nate Girod completed with 9 factors – all from past the arc – and he was joined by Brody Barber who additionally scored 9 on the night.

With the win, Higher St. Clair (12-8, 7-1) strikes again into rivalry for the part title as each Mt. Lebanon (13-6, 7-1) have two extra video games remaining.

“It means loads this time of 12 months as a result of now we now have an opportunity to share the part with them,” Holzer mentioned. “We each have two video games to go, however now we’re ready to regulate our future till the top.”

Now, Higher St. Clair will deal with a street check with Canon-McMillan this Tuesday. Mt. Lebanon will full its five-game street journey with a matchup towards Norwin additionally on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

HOUSTON — On Friday evening, Pitt signee Jaland Lowe dropped 33 factors in entrance of Jeff Capel in a league matchup down in Texas.

Lowe caught up with PSN’s George Michalowski after the sport, speaking about Pitt, his senior season and extra.

Try the interview under.

HOUSTON — PSN may have protection all weekend lengthy from Texas, as Pitt beat author George Michalowski is within the Lone Star state to look at Pitt signee Jaland Lowe play in opposition to Randle HS.

Lowe is a 6-foot-1, four-star guard out of Fort Bend Marshall HS in Houston. He’s Pitt’s highest-rated recruit within the 2023 class, and is ranked within the top-75 within the nation per 247 Sports activities.

Lowe is having fun with an elite season for Marshall, having scored his 2,000th profession level and counting this season. Keep tuned on PSN all through the weekend for protection and a scouting report on the senior.