Cardinal O’Hara’s Joanie Quinn takes a shot against Archbishop Carroll Thursday night. The Lions roared back from a 15-0 deficit to win, 40-36. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
Joanie Quinn sat on the bench with a blank stare and pondered how Cardinal O’Hara managed to find itself without a point after one quarter of play Thursday night.
Moments earlier, Archbishop Carroll’s Brooke Wilson made five free throws at the end of the period. She was fouled in the act of shooting, prompting a fierce rebuttal from O’Hara coach Chrissie Doogan. The officials didn’t appreciate her tone, so Doogan was whistled for a technical foul. That would explain Wilson’s five freebies to give Carroll a 15-point cushion.
Two days after the Lions were held to one point in the fourth quarter at Archbishop Wood, the O’Hara offense couldn’t escape the doldrums.
“In my head I was thinking, ‘I know we are better than this,’” said Quinn, the Lions’ fantastic junior point guard. “We are not losing this game and we’ve got to go show it.”