Basketball Recap: Thursday's Win Is Montverde Academy Purple's Fourth in Last Five Outings

If Non Varsity Opponent wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Montverde Academy Purple, they should've done a better job of containing Dylan Layton. The Montverde Academy Purple Eagles really took it to Non Varsity Opponent for the full four quarters, racking up a 73-42 victory thanks in part to Layton, who posted 15 points and three steals. He is becoming a predictor of Montverde Academy Purple's success: when he posts at least three steals the team is undefeated (and 6-10 when he doesn't).

Jesse Barnhill

Points (Career)

02/20/25 vs Non Varsity Opponent	7
12/04/24 vs Varsity Opponent	6
11/20/24 vs Jordan Christian Prep	6
12/03/24 vs Southland Christian	4
01/22/25 vs Jordan Christian Prep	3

The team also got some help courtesy of Jesse Barnhill, who put up seven points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.

Montverde Academy Purple is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-10 record this season.

Montverde Academy Purple does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Non Varsity Opponent, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 90-52 loss against Newman AAA on the 20th.