{"id":358081,"date":"2024-01-07T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=358081"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T14:02:58","slug":"with-15-0-record-montverde-academy-is-dominating-start-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=358081","title":{"rendered":"With 15-0 record, Montverde Academy is dominating start of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montverde Academy (Fla.) entered this season with sky-high expectations stemming from its seven rostered players ranked as three-star or better, four of whom have five-star ratings.<\/p>\n

Fifteen games into the season, the Eagles are more than meeting them.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Montverde’s 93-51 win over Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) was a blowout over what is arguably another top 5-to-10 team in the nation. The Eagles scored the first 12 points of the game before taking a 24-4 lead into the second quarter. They never trailed and raised their record to 15-0 halfway through the season.<\/p>\n

The schedule has been as demanding as any other team in the country.<\/p>\n

Several teams Montverde beat are under consideration for the USA TODAY Sports Super 25: Huntsville (Ala.), which is 21-1, suffered its sole loss to the Eagles. Wasatch Academy fell by 35 points. Montverde beat IMG Academy and Columbus, whose rosters contain four- and five-star players such as Darius Acuff Jr., Donnie Freeman, Khani Rooths, and Cameron and Cayden Boozer, and then Link Academy, who has about a half-dozen ranked prospects of its own. AZ Compass Prep managed to keep the score within a dozen before Archbishop Stepinac fell by 40.<\/p>\n

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(USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the City of Palms Classic, Montverde played against what are likely the second- and third-best teams in the nation in Paul VI and Long Island Lutheran. In the semifinals, Montverde took down Paul VI 69-62 before outplaying LoLu and winning by 14 in the championship.<\/p>\n

MaxPreps has 13 games worth of stats for Montverde in its system. According to the outlet, five-star senior Derik Queen leads the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game to go along with 7.2 rebounds in those games. Five-star senior Cooper Flagg is averaging 15.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.1 blocks per game.<\/p>\n

Asa Newell, a five-star forward, is averaging 12 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game, while fellow five-star player Liam McNeeley is posting 13.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n

With the Eagles led by that group of highly touted prospects, they have run through their schedule with minimal challenge. Through 15 games, it’s unclear if any team can present a serious threat to this group.<\/p>\n

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(USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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