Basketball Recap: Sidwell Friends Picks Up 17th Straight Win at Home

Sidwell Friends is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Flint Hill. The Sidwell Friends Quakers managed a 54-50 victory over the Flint Hill Huskies. This was a revenge game for the Quakers: when they faced off against the Huskies back in January, they had to take a 60-57 defeat.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sidwell Friends to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ian Condon, who almost dropped a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds. Condon has been hot, having posted eight or more boards the last five times he's played. Caleb Gillus was another key player, putting up eight points.

Sidwell Friends smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive contests.

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Previous Games (Home)

02/15/25 vs Flint Hill	54-50
02/06/25 vs Maret	52-27
01/25/25 vs Friendship Tech Prep Academy	54-46
01/21/25 vs Saint James	49-23
01/13/25 vs Potomac School	54-33
+ 12 more games

Sidwell Friends' win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-5. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points over those games. As for Flint Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 14-11.

Looking ahead, Sidwell Friends will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Georgetown Day at 4:15 p.m. Sidwell Friends is facing Georgetown Day at the right time seeing as Georgetown Day is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Flint Hill, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 89-68 victory against St. Andrew's Episcopal on the 17th.