19 Sidwell Friends trailing by two, Mazlish dribbled past Wilson’s full-court press and ignored Coach Eric Singletary’s play call, thinking there was too little time. Sidwell Friends beats Wilson 63-62 in OT on Dean Mazlish buzzer beater to win DCSAA Championship. Singletary, who played at Sidwell Friends in the early 1990s, has heard the stereotypes about the Quakers over his 11 years coaching the Northwest Washington private school. He only recruited players who could thrive in academics at Sidwell Friends and pitted his teams against the area’s top private schools in summer leagues. Josh Hart of the Los Angeles Lakers played at Sidwell Friends in the mid-2010s, and the program has only grown since.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 02:20 UTC