Radnor’s Kate Gallagher, center, drives down the lane in a game against Ridley last season. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
By Matt Smith
Radnor senior Kate Gallagher would preferred to have an easy win Thursday at Penncrest.
“I think it was good we had that right now,” Gallagher said, “because it’s going to prepare us for the playoffs.”
That was a close call, a 38-33 Central League victory for Radnor.
After playing a near-perfect first half of basketball, holding a comfortable (or so everyone thought) 14-point cushion at the break, the Raptors allowed a very good Penncrest squad to fight back and make it a game. Both teams entered the game with 12-4 records, so they are even in a lot of ways. And both were jockeying for a higher seed in next month’s Central League tournament.
Penncrest stormed out of the locker room after halftime, forced five Radnor turnovers, and made the game mighty interesting. Radnor led 30-13, but found itself in a 32-all deadlock when Alex Bruce drilled a 3-pointer with under four minutes to go.
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