Joanie Quinn (above) capped a 14-point outing with the game-winning 3-pointer. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Andrew Robinson
It was supposed to be a layup.
Locked in a tie game already in its second overtime against West Chester Rustin, Cardinal O’Hara took a timeout with 10 seconds left. Anticipating the Golden Knights would probably go zone and collapse on Molly Rullo if she got the ball, the Lions drew one up to get Joanie Quinn something easy.
Quinn got it, but it wasn’t easy, the junior guard confidently draining a step-back three with 2.3 seconds left that lifted O’Hara to a 58-55 win Thursday.
“Originally, it was supposed to be a layup for me, so I wasn’t even sure if I was doing the right thing,” Quinn said. “I kind of knew. Once I shot it, I knew that it was going in. I got into her and I felt like I had space.”
It was one shot in a late December game, but Quinn’s confidence to take and make it was noteworthy. This isn’t the Lions team of the past two years that won two state titles and a PCL championship but it still has the makings of a pretty good squad.