Lower Moreland Season Ends with Loss to Bishop Shanahan

The Lower Moreland varsity boys basketball team had its season come to an end on Saturday. Playing as the third-seed in the District 1 Class AAA quarterfinals, Lower Moreland fell to Bishop Shanahan at home, 54-51.

Lower Moreland was down by only two points in the closing seconds of the game but had a costly turnover and was forced to foul with 2 seconds left. Bishop Shanahan sank a free throw to end it. LM senior Mike Mangan led all scorers with 19 points while teammate Demetri Zoubroulis chipped in with 13.

But even if the 2011-12 campaign ended a couple games shy of when the Lions wanted it to, it still can’t take away from the success the team achieved this season. LM clinched a share of the Bicentennial League title for the first time in school history and will have a banner to show for it. It only lost one league game during the regular season (finished 16-9 overall) and earned a spot in the BAL title game against Holy Ghost where it nearly came up with the victory.

Head coach Seth Baron was named Coach of the Year for all of his great work getting the team to play at the high level it did. He took over as head coach this year and did tremendous things rounding this team into form.

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