In addition to Murray\u2019s 14, Upper Darby (13-10) got 12 points from Artemus Sirleaf, and 10 from Musa Kamara.<\/p>\n
Great Valley (17-7) was led by Woodard, who was hounded into a tough shooting night but scored 13. Islamia added 11.<\/p>\n
The next step for the Royals will be a big one, at second-seeded Methacton (19-4) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Royals did scrimmage Methacton way back in the preseason.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know them pretty well,\u2019\u2019 Miller said. \u201cThey\u2019re really, really good.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Upper Darby is the District 1 6A No. 18 seed, but that might say something about the depth of the Central League, in which the Royals finished sixth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has some of the best coaches in the state of Pennsylvania,\u2019\u2019 Miller said. \u201cYou know you\u2019re going to get teams top-to-bottom, who are organized and are going to play well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t think anybody in the Central League was head-and-shoulders, but we thought the overall strength of the league was amazing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
For what it\u2019s worth, the CL went 4-0 in 6A and 5A first-rounders Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were up seven against (CL tournament champion) Conestoga with about eight minutes left,\u2019\u2019 Miller said. \u201cAnd we beat Lower Merion the game before that, so the potential is there.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we ever put it all together for 32 minutes, we\u2019re a tough out.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
By Quarter
\nUpper Darby\u00a0 26 |\u00a0 8\u00a0 | 10\u00a0 | 14\u00a0 || 58
\nGreat Valley\u00a0 \u00a0 6\u00a0 |\u00a0 8\u00a0 | 16\u00a0 | 18\u00a0 ||\u00a048<\/p>\n
Scoring
\nUpper Darby: Jude Ennis 9, Tahli Murray 14, Tawhir Riley 2, Artemus Sirleaf 12, Marlon Boreland 8, Musa Kamara 10, Brent Lewis 1, Yasir Precia 2.<\/p>\n
Great Valley: Ben Oswald 3, John Jacobs 8, Jensen Ng 9, Fouad Ismalia 11, Avi Sherma 4, Chris Woodard 13.<\/p>\n
~~~<\/p>\n
Boys District 1 6A First Round
\n17) Central Bucks East 54, 16) Downingtown West 38
\n24) Pennsbury 51, 9) Lower Merion 45
\n13) Cheltenham 45,\u00a020) Central Bucks West 35
\n21) Neshaminy 42, 12) Perk Valley 36
\n18 Upper Darby 58, 15) Great Valley 48
\n10) Conestoga 59, 23) West Chester Henderson 53
\n14) Chester 58, 19) Wissahickon 57
\n22) Council Rock South 50, 11) Penn Wood 45, OT<\/p>\n
Boys: District 1 6A Second Round \u2014 Tues., Feb. 17
\n1) Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. 17) Central Bucks East
\n8) Garnet Valley vs. 24) Pennsbury (6:45 PM)
\n4) Central Bucks South vs. 13) Cheltenham
\n5) Souderton vs. 21) Neshaminy
\n2) Methacton vs. 18) Upper Darby (7:00 PM)
\n7) Spring-Ford vs. 10) Conestoga
\n3) Coatesville vs. 14) Chester
\n6) Abington vs. 22) Council Rock South<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to Murray\u2019s 14, Upper Darby (13-10) got 12 points from Artemus Sirleaf, and 10 from Musa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[147,149,148,150],"class_list":["post-117974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby-headlines","tag-upper-darby-news","tag-upper-darby-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}