Carroll’s Ian Williams dribbles against Bonner-Prendergast on Monday. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
By Matthew DeGeorge
A funny thing happened in the third quarter Monday afternoon at Archbishop Carroll. And being the young leader that he is for the Patriots, naturally it happened to Ian Williams.
For two and a half quarters, Carroll had moderate success in a tit-for-tat affair of largely iso-ball against Bonner & Prendergast, the individual talents that make the Catholic League so pulsating on full display. Only two of Carroll’s first 13 made field goals had been assisted on. But when Williams, the sophomore point guard with a year’s experience under his belt, started making a concerted effort to dish more, a five-point deficit quickly vanished.
It would take more than that run to see off Bonner, including 27 points from Williams and a steely 6-for-6 performance at the line in crunch time. But the unselfishness on display was at the heart of a 66-62 win.
“The main motto in practice was to have fun and play with each other,” Williams said. “At times as young kids, we can get selfish and try to look at the stats, coming into high school and people try to get their points up. But (it’s) coming together as a unit, talking together and just being with each other, telling each other, it’s not about the stats.
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