Lehigh Valley boys basketball: Allen turns out the lights on Nazareth; becomes EPC’s lone unbeaten

The lights inside J. Milo Sewards gymnasium and throughout the Allen High School campus went out briefly on Tuesday night in the first half of the Canaries’ boys basketball game against Nazareth. Fortunately, the darkness only prevailed for a few seconds. Once they went back on, Allen powered past Nazareth to build a 42-31 lead at the end of the third quarter. Then, after the Blue Eagles rallied to get within 46-44 with 2 minutes left, the Canaries used stingy defense, strong rebounding, and clutch foul shooting to pull the plug on Nazareth’s comeback effort. A 12-2 run closed out a 58-46 Allen win in the battle of unbeatens, and coupled with Parkland’s 42-37 win over...