Basketball Recap: STEM School Highlands Ranch Sets Scoring Season-High Against Poudre Community Academy

Spartans

Team Score (Highest)

02/27/25 vs Poudre Community Academy	32
12/17/24 vs Sheridan	28
01/29/25 vs Aurora West College Prep Academy	27
02/12/25 @ Poudre Community Academy	26
02/07/25 vs Alameda	23

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask STEM School Highlands Ranch). They were the clear victor by a 32-11 margin over the Poudre Community Academy Warriors on Thursday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Spartans with their most commanding win of the season.

STEM School Highlands Ranch was led to victory by Morgan Hamm and Kylie Pautler. Hamm shot 41% from the field en route to 14 points, while Pautler posted no points in addition to 12 rebounds, eight assists, and seven steals. Pautler has become a key player for STEM School Highlands Ranch: the team is 2-1 when she posts at least five steals, but 1-17 otherwise.

They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: STEM School Highlands Ranch was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Poudre Community Academy's defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Hayden Belmont, who scored four points along with seven boards and six blocks. Belmont is on a roll when it comes to blocks, as she's now posted three or more in each of the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Breckyn Jones, who put up four points and eight rebounds.

STEM School Highlands Ranch's win ended a nine-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-18. As for Poudre Community Academy, they are on a 25-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-17.

As of now, neither STEM School Highlands Ranch nor Poudre Community Academy have any future games scheduled.