Wood shuts down Scranton Prep

A smothering defensive effort earned the Archbishop Wood girls basketball team another trip to the PIAA quarterfinals.

The Vikings trailed Scranton Prep 9-7 after the first quarter but allowed the District 2 runner-up Classics just 12 more points in their Class 4A quarterfinal Sunday afternoon. Deja Evans, meanwhile, provided Wood with a boost on offense after the break as the defending state champs rolled to a 4421 victory at Easton Area Middle School.

“This was one of our worst offensive games of the year and we still ended up pulling the game out by 20,” Archbishop Wood coach Mike McDonald said. “So that’s all the focus is for us, we don’t care how we win, we also talked about years before we won 24-20, so it could of been worse. That could have been worse, but again, survive and advance is all that really matters.”

After the Vikings (22-5) held Scranton Prep to two points in the second quarter to take a 16-11 lead into halftime, Evans started the third scoring off a drive from the top of the arc — the first two of the junior’s 11 second-half points. Evans finished with a game-high 13 points as Wood advanced to