Carver E&S, the fifth place team out of District 12, knocked off District 3 champion Berks Catholic Friday night, 40-35, in the opening round of the PIAA Class 4A boys basketball tournament at Berks Catholic High School.<\/p>\n
The Saints finish the season 25-3.<\/p>\n
Carver (21-6) advances to Tuesday\u2019s second round to play Dallas, a 57-48 winner over Northwestern Lehigh on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The loss ended the scholastic career of the Saints\u2019 All-State guard Kingston McKoy, who will play next at Colgate University.<\/p>\n
Matt McField led Carver with 14 points and Sahim Rodriguez had 10.<\/p>\n
McKoy had 19 and Carmelo Harper 9 for the Saints.<\/p>\n
Carver avenged a season-opening 53-49 loss on Dec. 5 to Berks Catholic.<\/p>\n
The game was tied at 30 after three periods, but the Saints scored just five points in the final eight minutes. McKoy had all five on a basket and three free throws.<\/p>\n
For Carver, Fareed Brown had seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Class 6A girls<\/p>\n
District 7 champion Canon-McMillan outscored Gov. Mifflin 19-13 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 48-46 win the first round of the girls 6A tournament on Friday night.<\/p>\n
For the Mustangs (18-10), junior guard Bella Super scored 25 points. Gov. Mifflin finished eighth in the District 3 tournament.<\/p>\n
Canon-McMillan (22-4) advances to the play Allderdice on Tuesday in the second round.<\/p>\n
Other scores<\/p>\n
Boys 5A \u2013 Chartiers Valley 66, Exeter 42. The Eagles finish the season 18-11.<\/p>\n
Boys 4A \u2013 Scranton Prep 65, Schuylkill Valley 48. The Panthers finish the season 16-11.<\/p>\n
Class 4A \u2013 Archbishop Carroll 77, Wyomissing 53. The Spartans finish the season 16-11.<\/p>\n
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