Carroll’s Taylor Wilson looks to shoot between O’Hara’s Megan Rullo (31) and Molly Rullo (20). It was a battle to the end as Archbishop Carroll defeated Cardinal O’Hara 31-30 in the PIAA 6A state semi-finals held at Garnet Valley High School Monday evening. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Taylor Wilson stepped to the line with 5.6 seconds left and calmly stroked home two free throws Monday night, giving Archbishop Carroll a 31-30 win over Cardinal O’Hara in the PIAA Class 6A semifinals at Garnet Valley High School.
The free throws settled a game in which Carroll, the District 12 third seed, led most of the way only for O’Hara to surge ahead in the final two minutes of a fourth quarter where neither team could beat the other’s defense for nearly six minutes. Two free throws from Molly Rullo with 35.6 seconds left broke a 28-all tie. Wilson hit one at the line to get within one, then Rullo missed a front-end of a 1-and-1 to give Wilson a shot to put the Patriots ahead.
“I shoot foul shots every day at practice,” Wilson said. “I shoot them in games. It’s no different. I went up to the line, it’s just like practice.”
A runner at the horn by O’Hara’s Carly Coleman bounced off rim and out.