Basketball Recap: Donna Klein Jewish Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Sports Leadership & Management

Eagles

Team Score

12/10/24 vs Sports Leadership & Management	80
12/04/24 vs Scheck Hillel Community School	64
11/21/24 vs Katz Yeshiva	62
12/02/24 @ Hebrew Academy	51
12/03/24 @ South Fork	44

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Donna Klein Jewish Academy). They were the clear victor by an 80-60 margin over the Sports Leadership & Management Giants on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for the Eagles, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Sports Leadership & Management lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Dennis Pierre Jr., who posted 22 points and three steals. That was a full 36.7% of Sports Leadership & Management's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Mason Plewinski, who went 8 for 15 on his way to 18 points and seven rebounds.

The win made it two in a row for Donna Klein Jewish Academy and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Sports Leadership & Management, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2.

Donna Klein Jewish Academy didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 55-50 victory against American Heritage on the 11th. As for Sports Leadership & Management, they will challenge Boca Raton Christian at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sports Leadership & Management knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Boca Raton Christian likes a good challenge.