Garnet Valley’s Haylie Adamski and Kylie Mulholland celebrate Friday’s 2OT win over O’Hara. (Photo: Owen McCue/CoBL)
By Owen McCue
The biggest shot of her high school career? How about two of them?
Garnet Valley senior Kylie Mulholland, not once but twice saved the Jaguars season with a pair of game tying shots late in overtime.
Mulholland put on her Superman cape and scored 25 points in a 49-43 double overtime win over Cardinal O’Hara in Friday’s PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal at Ridley High School to send the Jags to the state semifinals for the second year in a row.
“She’s got nerves of steel and she’s a competitor,” Garnet Valley coach Joe Woods said of Mulholland. “And all my guys are. They believe in themselves. They’re a tight knit group and they love each other, and they pull for each other. It doesn’t have to be just one player, and Kylie came out tonight and was making big shots.”
Mulholland’s first attempt to play hero was no good on Friday night. She put her team ahead 36-34 on a pair of free throws with 1:14 left in regulation. O’Hara senior Drexel commit Molly Rullo (14 points) tied the game seconds later. The Jags held the ball for one minute to take the final shot. Mulholland’s midrange jumper couldn’t go and the two teams headed for four more extra minutes of play, or so they thought, tied 36-36.