Archbishop Carroll’s Taylor Wilson, seen in a game last season against Cardinal O’Hara, scored her 1,000th career point Friday night in a loss to Archbishop Wood. (PETE BANNAN – MEDIANEWS GROUP)
By Matt Smith
Archbishop Carroll’s Taylor Wilson swished a 3-point basket to reach 1,000 career points midway through the third quarter of Friday’s Catholic League showdown with Archbishop Wood.
At the time, the senior forward pulled the Patriots within seven points of the Vikings. After they were shut out in the second quarter, Wilson scored a quick basket at the start of the second half spark the Patriots. Minutes later she became the most recent Carroll girls player to hit the milestone, joining former teammates Grace O’Neill and Erin Sweeney on the list, among many others.
When time was called for a brief celebration, the Patriots were on a run. They were stringing together buckets. Good things were happening. Down 13 points at halftime, suddenly they were right back in the game.
But once play resumed, the Vikings regained control when senior guard Delaney Finnegan drilled her third trey of the night. Wood held Carroll to four points the rest of the way and left town with a 34-20 victory.