Gill St. Bernard’s sophomore Kieran Quinn goes up for a shot at Rutgers Prep on January 9, 2025. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
It could be the opening game of the season, the Somerset County Tournament Final, or any time in between, but when Rutgers Prep and Gill St. Bernard’s play a boys’ basketball game against each other, it’s always interesting, always intense, always a “war,” as Gill coach Mergin Sina likes to put it.
Even in a game where the Knights had nearly doubled up the Argonauts after the first eight minutes of play, anyone in the warmth of the gym on a frigid winter evening knew it was far from over.
The Argonauts heated up and rallied in the second, with a furious finish punctuated by a pair of treys from Jacob Canton, and pulled to within two, at 38-36, heading into the locker room at halftime.
That was enough, though, to make Gill put the pedal back to the metal, and the fifth-ranked Knights – who never lost the lead – came away with a 78-73 win over the No. 2 Argonauts in Somerset Thursday.
Sophomore Kieran Quinn finished with 19 points to lead GSB, and he scored inside, outside and from the foul line, going 3-for-3 from the stripe – when he was fouled shooting a trey in the fourth quarter – and hitting twice from beyond the arc.
Gill is now 7-2, 4-0 in the Skyland Conference Delaware Division, and snapped a two-game losing streak with the victory.
Sophomore Jacob Canton finished with 28 for Prep, which fell to 5-5, 3-1 in the Skyland Delaware.
The two will meet again February 4th in Peapack-Gladstone, but that will be well after the Somerset County Tournament is seeded in late January.
Click below for postgame reaction from Gill St. Bernard’s senior Kieran Quinn, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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