BETHLEHEM — Ryan Brown was the main outside shooter while Unionville dominated inside play on Tuesday night.
The combination was too much for an overmatched Dallas team, which was defeated 74-36 in a PIAA Class 5A boys second-round game at Liberty High School.
Brown scored 23 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and made five assists, including four 3-pointers.
Nick Diehl, a 6-foot-7, 230-pounder, who is going to Tulane on a baseball scholarship as a left-handed pitcher, led a significant inside advantage.
Unionville made 11 of its first 12 shots from inside the arc and ended 22-for-28 (78.6 percent) there through a combination of finding cutters and offensive rebounding 10 times.
Diehl missed six minutes of the first half due to minor foul issues. He still went 8-for-8 for 16 points and 10 rebounds.
James Anderson managed the effective offense with 17 points and six assists as the District 1 champions improved to 25-2.
“We have a lot of really good players,” Unionville coach Chris Cowles said. “They really look good collectively and they are very good individually as well.”
Unionville outrebounded Dallas 43-27, including 13-4 in the first quarter and 25-11 in the first half.
Nick Williams had 15 points and seven rebounds for Dallas, but no other Mountaineer could manage more than six points, four rebounds or two assists.
Dallas suffered only its second loss in 15 games and ended with a 21-8 record.
The Mountaineers led twice and were within a basket before Unionville took control with 15 consecutive points – the last nine of the first quarter and the first six of the second – for a 27-10 lead.
Unionville kept Dallas from scoring in the fourth quarter and, including two free throws to end the third, scored the game’s final 17 points.
