Trailing by three points entering the fourth, Jesuit Dallas outscored Timberview, 17-9 in the final stanza to snap a two-game skid with a 56-51 win over the Wolves on Tuesday evening in Mansfield, Texas.
 
Jesuit hit 12-of-20 shots in the second half, completing a comeback attempt that handed the Blue and Gold their eighth win of the season. Senior Mitch Prendergast led the team in scoring, posting an 18-point performance on 7-of-11 shooting. Junior Marcus Hill and senior Jacob Palisch recorded eight points each, while Hill also tied junior Reid Hatzmann and senior Alan Garcia for the team lead in rebounding with four boards. Hatzmann tacked on a team-high four assists and seven points, and sophomore Max Abmas went 7-of-8 from the free-throw line.
 
The Rangers (8-4) scored 20 points off of 16 Timberview turnovers, adding six second-chance points on four offensive boards. Scoring 26 points in the paint, Jesuit overcame a seven-point deficit early in the game, finishing the bout shooting 51.3 percent from the floor.
 
Timberview scored seven unanswered points to begin the game before a pair of threes by Hill and a layup by Palisch tied the game at 8-8 with 13 seconds remaining in the first. The two teams battled through the second half, but Prendergast converted the final bucket with two seconds left in the second quarter to send the Wolves into halftime with a slim, two-point lead.
 
A three-pointer by Prendergast 23 seconds into the third handed Jesuit its first lead of the ballgame, an advantage that the team was able to blossom to a three-point lead with an 11-4 run spanning the senior's second-quarter ending shot to the 4:35 mark of the third. Timberview attempted to grab hold of the game late in the third, even leading by three heading into the fourth with a 13-9 run to end the quarter, but the Rangers stayed in the hunt and began their comeback attempt early in the final quarter.
 
Junior Keagan Nwosu converted a layup six seconds into the quarter to kickoff an 11-3 run that spanned nearly seven of the fourth quarter's eight minutes and swung the momentum permanently in the favor of the Blue and Gold. Jesuit shot 4-of-8 during that stretch, which included four points from Nwosu, and forced three Timberview turnovers. Hatzmann scored a breakaway layup off an inbounds pass from Prendergast with 13 seconds left to ice the Jesuit victory.
 
The Rangers will begin University Interscholastic League (UIL) District 9-6A competition on Tuesday, December 20, when Jesuit travels to Coppell, Texas to take on the Cowboys. The newly realigned UIL District 9-6A will feature Jesuit, Skyline, W.T. White, Skyline and the four members of Richardson ISD; Berkner, J.J. Pearce, Lake Highlands and Richardson. Tip-off for next Tuesday's game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.