Cardinal O’Hara’s Megan Rullo drills a 3-pointer as part of a critical four-point play Friday in the PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal win over Perkiomen Valley. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Andrew Robinson
It was some of the very first advice Carly Coleman got when she started playing basketball, and it served her well over and over again Friday night.
The Cardinal O’Hara girls basketball senior has always believed, thanks to her dad’s direction, there’s no better way to get the ball than to rebound it. When those rebounds come off her own teammates’ misses, it’s all the better, especially during a PIAA quarterfinal game against a top team in the state.
O’Hara’s relentless rebound, dogged defense, opportunistic offense and general toughness powered the Lions as they ended Perkiomen Valley’s season, 49-35 in the Class 6A quarterfinals at Norristown High School.
“It’s the heart for me,” Coleman said. “My dad always tells me to go up for rebounds because you never know. Nobody’s going to make every shot they take, so I think knowing there are extra possessions and extra points you can get is a huge deal.”