Basketball Game Preview: Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish vs. Heritage Hall Chargers

Fighting Irish

Points

02/11/25 vs Oklahoma City S	65
02/07/25 vs Glenpool	56
02/01/25 vs Bishop Kelley	37
01/28/25 vs Casady	70
01/25/25 vs Holland Hall	48
+ 17 more games

The Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to face off against the Heritage Hall Chargers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bishop McGuinness is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.1 points per game this season.

Last Tuesday, Bishop McGuinness beat Oklahoma City S 65-57. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Fighting Irish.

Bishop McGuinness can attribute much of their success to Cooper Bradley, who went 8-for-12 on his way to 21 points. What's more, Bradley also posted a 80% three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest he's posted since back in February of 2024. Brody Parks was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Bishop McGuinness was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oklahoma City S only posted six assists.

Meanwhile, Heritage Hall came up short against Crossings Christian on Monday and fell 60-47. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 154th, while the Knights are ranked third).

Heritage Hall has also been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points over those games. As for Bishop McGuinness, their win bumped their record up to 14-8.

Bishop McGuinness didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Heritage Hall when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 51-45 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bishop McGuinness since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.