The Aquinas Fightin' Irish will take on the Baldwin Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Aquinas has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with seven straight defeats, while Baldwin will come in with five straight wins.
Last Tuesday, Aquinas came up short against Academy of Richmond County and fell 51-44. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 421st, while the Musketeers are ranked 205th).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Baldwin against Cross Creek on Thursday as the squad secured a 66-27 victory. The Braves have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 17 matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Baldwin is also on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 44.3 points. As for Aquinas, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Aquinas took a serious blow against Baldwin in their previous meeting back in January, falling 78-25. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Aquinas was down 34-9.
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