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Flint Hill pulled even atop the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference standings with a dramatic 60-57 home victory over Sidwell Friends on Friday, Jan. 31, while head coach Rico Reed celebrated his 300th win with the Huskies.
Dylan Fletcher delivered the deciding basket, sinking a three-pointer off Ty Harris’ skip pass with three seconds remaining. The win improved Flint Hill to 11-9 overall and 7-1 in conference play, tying Sidwell, now 15-5, for first place.
The Huskies earned the victory despite playing without three starters. Guard Everett Jones was injured, Kobe Davis was sick and Caleb West was away on a college visit.
Jack Loyd led Flint Hill with 28 points and five three-pointers, repeatedly connecting in high-pressure moments. Harris added 14 points and six assists.
Reed credited the Huskies’ effort, tempo and ball movement. He also highlighted Harris, starting forward Kendall Jones’ defense and Blake Fitzgerald’s work off the bench.
The defeat ended Sidwell’s streak of 30 consecutive regular-season victories against conference opponents. For Flint Hill, it was a major result in a season shaped by a demanding schedule and uneven stretches.
The milestone was Reed’s 300th victory since becoming Flint Hill’s head coach for the 2005-06 season, when he succeeded Steve Henry. It is the highest win total for any Huskies boys basketball coach since the school entered the MAC in 1990.
Reed has approximately 480 career victories, including about 180 earned during 12 years with two programs before he arrived at Flint Hill. He coached Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, for nine seasons and the Edgemead School in Upper Marlboro for three.
He is also the only coach to lead two programs—Potomac and Flint Hill—to championships in the George Long Holiday Tournament at Wakefield High School in Arlington.
Under Reed, Flint Hill has regularly contended for conference titles, competed in Virginia’s Division I private-school state tournament and captured multiple in-season tournament championships. He also directed the school’s annual summer basketball league from his arrival until last summer.
Reed attributed his success at Flint Hill to the many talented players he has coached, but after reaching 300 wins, his attention remained firmly on the undermanned team that toppled Sidwell.