McQuaid Jesuit won the last time they faced Franklin and things went their way on Tuesday too. The McQuaid Jesuit Knights took down the Franklin Bulldogs 71-54. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 654th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Quinn Wilson
| 12/09/24 @ Rush-Henrietta | 19 |
| 02/11/25 @ Franklin | 17 |
| 12/03/24 vs Edison Tech | 16 |
| 12/13/24 vs School of the Arts | 14 |
| 12/18/24 vs Canisius | 12 |
| + 8 more games |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead McQuaid Jesuit to victory, but perhaps none more so than Quinn Wilson, who went 6-for-9 en route to 17 points and five rebounds. Wilson is becoming a predictor of McQuaid Jesuit's success: when he posts at least 15 points the team is 2-1 (and 6-9 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Jaiyden Jones, who went 7-for-10 on his way to 15 points and seven boards.
The victory (which was McQuaid Jesuit's third in a row) raised their record to 8-10. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.3 points over those games. As for Franklin, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11.
Coming up, McQuaid Jesuit will venture away from home to square off against East at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. East will roll in looking for their tenth straight win, something McQuaid Jesuit surely won't give up without a fight. Franklin has already played their next contest (against Aquinas Institute), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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