Who: No.1 seed Emmaus (21-5) vs No.5 seed Allen (15-9) , District XI Semifinals
When/Where: Wednesday 7:30 p.m./Freedom HS
Tickets: $7 adults, $4 students/senior citizens. All tickets $7 at the door
What’s on the line: Winner advances to district finals on Saturday vs the winner of No. 3 ES South/No. 7 Parkland. Site/Time TBA
How they got here: Emmaus defeated PM West 76-60; Allen defeated PM East 72-69 OT
Coaches: Emmaus – Steve Yoder (11th season); Allen – Doug Snyder (22nd season)
Coverage: Twitter (@Emmaussports.com), Facebook (Emmaus boys basketball)
Head-to-head: Emmaus won both meetings (71-66 and 61-55)
Probable starters: Emmaus – Sr. Zach Sabol (17.8 ppg., 14.5 rpg.), Sr. Bryce Diehl (10.6), Sr. Mark Swedberg (13.5), Sr. Ethan Parvel (9.6), Soph. Danny Bohman (3.9). Reserves: Sr. Cam Brooks (3.8) Sr. Devon Boyko (1.9), Sr. Josh Moyer (1.9)
Allen – Fr. Nathan Ellis, Sr. Alexis Adames, Soph. Emmanuel Ozuna, Jr. Quinton Stewart, Jr. A’quelle Adderly, Jr. Xavier Jones, Soph. Melkia Copeland, Sr. Allen Young
Coach Steve Yoder: “We’ve played them twice this year and there’s no reason to think that the third meeting will be any different. It’s going to be a close game and we need to be prepared.”
“We’re not going to change too much because we’ve beaten them twice. We don’t want to get to cute or overthink things. They (Allen) are a really young team, but they’re very talented.”
“In my opinion, we are fully-focused. When you’ve watched our team this play this season we’ve been fairly consistent. I don’t think you go 21-5 and not be consistent. “