Haverford’s Rian Dotsey drives to the basket during a District 1 Class 6A playoff game in February.. (PETE BANNAN – DAILY TIMES)
By Matt Smith
Caroline and Rian Dotsey are in their second and final season playing basketball together at Haverford.
The big difference this winter is the emergence of Rian, a 6-foot-1 sophomore guard/forward who, according to her big sister, “came on really strong last year.” Rian earned her spot in the starting lineup alongside Caroline, a four-year starter and 6-2 power forward who is bound for the University of Maine in 2023. The elder Dotsey is close to scoring 1,000 points for her career.
With the Dotsey siblings playing dominant ball in December, the Fords entered this week’s Brooklyn Bridge Classic in New York with a perfect 7-0 record. They have outscored their opposition by an average margin of 30.4 points.
“I think they are going to have a special year together,” Haverford coach Lauren Pellicane said following her team’s 57-30 win over Garnet Valley last week. “Obviously Rian was on the team last year, but she is making major strides forward and really improved her game. She had a nice offseason. They are different types of players, but they play well with each other. They look for each other and they know each other’s game, so it’s fun to watch every day. It’s in practice, not just games. When they go at each other (in practice), it’s fun to see. They compete on the regular.”