Imhotep, MLK High both advance to Public League basketball semifinals [Photos]
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Imhotep Guard Jakwan Jones gets past Steve Griffin of Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School to help lead Imhotep to a 51-43 win in the Public League playoffs Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Imhotep Forward Basil Thompson makes a pass over Austin Hawkins of Philadelphia Electrical. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Players from Imhotep Charter and Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School fight for a loose ball. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Khaalis Carter of Philadelphia Electrical tries in vain to strip the ball from Imhotep Guard Abraham Massaley. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Imhotep's Jakwan Jones leaps to catch to a pass in his teams 51-43 win over Philadelphia Electrical. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Carnel Harley of Imhotep Charter catches a pass in his team's 51-43 win over Philadelphia Electrical. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Imhotep's Jakwan Jones tries to put two more on the board. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Imhotep's Brandon Austin moves up the court during his team's 51-43 win over Philadelphia Electrical on Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Abraham Massaley of Imhotep Charter with the layup. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Khaalis Carter of Philadelphia Electrical tries to strip the ball from Imhotep Guard Deryl Bagwell. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Jakwan Jones of Imhotep Charter moves up the court in his team's 51-43 win over Philadelphia Electrical on Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Imhotep's Jalil Myers goes to the hoop. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Double-teamed, Imhotep's Jakwan Jones looks for an open teammate in action against Philadelphia Electrical. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Abraham Massaley of Imhotep tries to strip the ball from James Bishop during Imhotep's 51-43 win Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Hakkeem Baxter of Philadelphia Electrical gets tripped up while trying to strip the ball from Abraham Massaley of Imhotep. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Jakwan Jones (Imhotep) and Steve Griffin (Electrical) dive for a loose ball during Saturday's quarterfinals. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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The ball gets away from Jakwan Jones of Imhotep. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Brandon Austin of Imhotep tries to get to the basket in action against Philadelphia Electrical on Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Nigel Grant and Basil Thompson of Imhotep hug after a timeout was called with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Brandon Austin of Imhotep seals the deal and dunks the ball with only a few seconds left in regulation. Imhotep topped Philadelphia Electrical 51-43 on Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
In 2011, Imhotep Institute Charter High School won its third consecutive Public League basketball title, but its quest for a fourpeat fell short last year.
With Saturday’s 51-43 victory over Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School, in a AAA-deciding game played at Ben Franklin High School, the Panthers sit two victories away from reclaiming the overall PL title.
On Thursday night at Southern, they will face Communications Tech, the team which knocked them out of the playoffs last year.
Should they win that game, the Panthers will face the winner of other PL semifinal between Vaux and Martin Luther King High School, which defeated Bartram 63-46. With Imhotep and MLK wins, the championship game would feature schools from East Germantown and West Oak Lane.
NewsWorks will cover Thursday’s semifinals and, if one or both Northwest Philadelphia schools advance, Sunday’s championship showdown at the Liacouras Center.
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