Sports

Aces Beat Abington, Advance to Friday's District Final

AcesHoops.com reported from Temple University.

Lower Merion's boys' basketball team beat Abington, 68-54, Tuesday night at Temple University to advance to its first District 1 title game since 2006, reported the team booster website AcesHoops.com.

At 9 p.m. Friday at Villanova, the second-seeded Aces will play top-seeded Chester, which beat No. 5 Wissahickon in the other semifinal.

Win or lose, both teams will then advance to the state playoffs.

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Below is the scoring by quarter of Tuesday's semifinal, as documented by Aces Hoops:

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Lower Merion 18 14 19 17 68 Abington 16 5 19 14 54

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