Molly Rullo (above, left) and Joanie Quinn combined for 36 points in the win over Lansdale Catholic. (Photo: Andrew Robinson/CoBL)
By Andrew Robinson
LANSDALE — Joanie Quinn remembered being a few steps ahead of Gabby Casey, sprinting to her spot and setting her feet but not much of the rest until her teammates were picking her up, all of them yelling in her face.
Missing the middle part might have been for the best as the Cardinal O’Hara junior absorbed a mighty crash from a full-speed Casey on a one-way track with designs on tying, if not getting a chance to win, their PCL clash Thursday night. Instead, it was Quinn who won the battle – perhaps at a bit of a personal cost – drawing the decisive offensive foul with one second left and the Lions in front by two points.
It was a different sort of game-winner for Quinn, but the type of play she’d expect any of her teammates to make in the same situation, sealing up a 53-51 win and handing LC its first loss in PCL competition.
“Everybody on the court is a leader and we all want to be leaders, so we knew we had to band together,” Quinn said.