High school basketball: How to watch No. 1 Montverde Academy and five other MaxPreps Top 25 teams at Montverde Academy Invitational

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The Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament tips off this weekend in Florida with five of the top 10 teams in the nation set to compete in the event. All games are being streamed live on BallerTV, ESPN3 or ESPNU starting Thursday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. EST.

No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) hosts MaxPreps Top 25 programs No. 2 Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.), No. 5 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), No. 8 Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah), No. 10 AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) and No. 19 La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.). The six-day event spans the next two weekends running Thursday through Saturday each week.

The headliner is slated for Feb. 5 on ESPNU as No. 1 Montverde Academy meets No. 2 Sunrise Christian in a rematch of a Jan. 9 meeting. Montverde won the previous showdown 58-52, propelled by a 20-9 surge in the third quarter.

Four players who made the cut in last week's MaxPreps National Player of the Year watch list will be in action. Jalen Duren of Montverde Academy, Kennedy Chandler of Sunrise Christian Academy, M.J. Rice of Oak Hill Academy and TyTy Washington of AZ Compass Prep all have opportunities to bolster their resumes.

How to watch

Dates: Jan. 28-30, Feb. 4-6

Location: EdgeCenter for Sportsmanship and Wellness, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)

Live stream: BallerTV, ESPN3, ESPNU

Full schedule

Thursday, Jan. 28 (All games on BallerTV)

3 p.m. – No. 5 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) vs. No. 8 Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah)

5 p.m. – No. 2 Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) vs. No. 19 La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.)

7 p.m. – No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) vs. No. 10 AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.)

Friday, Jan. 29 (All games on BallerTV)

3 p.m. – Sunrise Christian Academy vs. Wasatch Academy

5 p.m. – Oak Hill Academy vs. AZ Compass Prep
7 p.m. – Montverde Academy vs. La Lumiere

Saturday, Jan. 30 (All games on ESPN3)

1 p.m. – Sunrise Christian Academy vs. AZ Compass Prep

3 p.m. – Wasatch Academy vs. La Lumiere

5 p.m. – Montverde Academy vs. Oak Hill Academy

Thursday, Feb. 4 (All games on BallerTV)

1 p.m. – Sunrise Christian Academy vs. Oak Hill Academy

3 p.m. – Wasatch Academy vs. La Lumiere

5 p.m. – Montverde Academy vs. Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Friday, Feb. 5 (Games on ESPNU, ESPN3)

3 p.m. – Oak Hill Academy vs. Wasatch Academy

5 p.m. – Montverde Academy vs. No. 2 Sunrise Christian Academy

7 p.m. – La Lumiere vs. Calvary Christian Academy

Saturday, Feb. 6 (All games on ESPN3)

2 p.m. – Sunrise Christian Academy vs. Calvary Christian Academy

4 p.m. – Oak Hill Academy vs. La Lumiere

6 p.m. – Montverde Academy vs. Wasatch Academy

Jalen Duren and Montverde Academy enter this weekend's event riding a 40-game win streak.

File photo by Annette Wilkerson

High school basketball: How to watch No. 1 Montverde Academy and five other MaxPreps Top 25 teams at Montverde Academy Invitational

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