Brooke Wilson drives to the basket in a Jan. 30 game against Cardinal O’Hara. She carried her Patriots team across the finish line Tuesday night to stave off a furious O’Hara comeback attempt in the Catholic League semifinals. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
No lead is safe when Archbishop Carroll and Cardinal O’Hara go head to head.
Carroll almost learned that the hard way. Brooke Wilson made sure the Patriots survived a furious O’Hara comeback bid Tuesday evening at Saint Joseph’s University City campus.
Leading by 20 points at intermission, the Patriots were well on their way – or so they thought – to The Palestra next Monday to play for the Philadelphia Catholic League championship. O’Hara had other intentions.
Wilson drove to the basket and scored twice on successive possessions in the fourth quarter, shortly after Molly Rullo had made a bucket to pull O’Hara within three points. Wilson, a senior guard/forward and Army commit, pushed her team across the finish line. Despite being outscored by 13 points in the second half, Carroll defeated rival O’Hara, 45-38.
Carroll will meet Archbishop Wood in the Catholic League final.
“I’ve played so many years of Carroll basketball, so many games. I’m finally starting to learn to take a deep breath and slow down,” said Wilson, who scored five of her eight points in the final quarter. She added five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
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