Basketball Recap: Monarch Sets Scoring Season-High Against Hollywood Hills

By Team Reports Jan 15, 2025, 1:30pm

Basketball Recap: Monarch Knights vs. Hollywood Hills Spartans

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01/14/25 @ Hollywood Hills77
12/06/24 vs McArthur63
12/13/24 vs Boca Raton59
12/17/24 vs Hallandale55
11/21/24 @ Nova47

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Monarch). They blew past the Hollywood Hills Spartans 77-47 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Monarch to victory, but perhaps none more so than Caleb Jean-Baptiste, who went 6 of 10 en route to 17 points and six assists. Another player making a difference was Benjamin Boutin, who posted 13 points in addition to eight rebounds and three blocks.

Jean-Baptiste wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Monarch was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Monarch's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-8. As for Hollywood Hills, they are on a 14-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-11.

Monarch will face off against West Broward at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Hollywood Hills, they will take on St. Brendan at 7:30 p.m. on January 22nd.

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