Basketball Recap: Montverde Academy Falls Short Against Ranked Link Academy

Montverde Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Link Academy. The Montverde Academy Eagles were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 40-39 to the Link Academy Lions. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

CJ Ingram

Field Goal Percentage

02/14/25 vs Link Academy	60%
02/01/25 vs CIA-Bella Vista (EYBL)	56%
01/31/25 vs Calvary Christian Academy	70%
01/30/25 vs Windermere Prep	60%

When it comes to explaining why Montverde Academy lost, don't look at CJ Ingram. Despite the final result, he went 6-for-10 en route to 14 points. Ingram is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 56% in the last four games he's played. Hudson Greer was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Montverde Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 18-5. As for Link Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-8.

Coming up, Montverde Academy will square off against La Lumiere at 5:45 p.m. on February 21st. Link Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.