During my conversation with York Catholic athletic director Rick Luckman before today’s game he said then when he coached with former YC boys’ basketball coach Mike Keesey, he would always say that the first portion of the third quarter was “the most important 4 minutes” of the basketball game.

Luckman presented the rationale like this: If you have a big lead, it gives you a chance to close out the opponent. If you are trailing, it gives you a chance to get back into the game before it’s too late. If the game is close, it gives you a chance to get a big edge down the stretch.

In this case, it would seem like the Irish need to stop the Colts from making a similar run to their own against Trinity on Tuesday. This is where Northern Cambria's inexperience could show.