CHELTENHAM, PA- Roman Catholic faced La Salle Monday night in one of the biggest matchups of the Philadelphia Catholic League season so far.

The Cahillites were coming off a substantial victory against West Catholic and had a PCL record of 4-2. La Salle was also heading into the game with a recent victory and a 5-1 PCL record.

It was Roman who sealed this 52-48 PCL win in overtime.  

The game, which took place at Arcadia University’s packed Alumni Gymnasium, started with Roman quickly taking a 10-2 lead. La Salle eventually came back with a three from 6’4 Senior Daniel Remolde to make it 12-12. It continued to be a back and forth game, finishing 21-21 at the half.

Similar to how the first half started, Roman Catholic quickly jumped ahead in the third quarter. By the end of the third quarter, the score was 36-26 with La Salle down by 10 points.

Within the fourth quarter, the Explorers began to whittle away at their deficit and with a minute remaining the score was 42-37 with Roman still in the lead.

The Cahillites were starting to feel the win was theirs, but and 1 from La Salle Junior Jarrod Stukes made it a four-point game.

With just under 40 seconds left and the score at 45-40, La Salle’s Isaiah Jones buried a crucial three to put La Salle back into the game.