Basketball Recap: Liberty Tree Academy Drops Season-High Score on Poudre Community Academy

War Eagles

Team Score (Highest)

02/07/25 vs Poudre Community Academy	58
12/11/24 @ Sheridan	40
12/02/24 @ Manzanola	38
01/24/25 vs Twin Peaks Classical Academy	36
01/14/25 @ Lotus School For Excellence	35

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty Tree Academy). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 58-12 victory over the Poudre Community Academy Warriors. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-8.

Liberty Tree Academy found their leader in freshman Melody Pruitt, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten boards. That makes it six consecutive games in which Pruitt has scored at least a third of Liberty Tree Academy's points. Another player making a difference was Isabella Serna, who went 5 for 10 on her way to 13 points and five steals.

Liberty Tree Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

When it comes to explaining why Poudre Community Academy lost, don't look at Breckyn Jones. Despite the final result, she posted eight points.

Liberty Tree Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-11. As for Poudre Community Academy, they are on a 20-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-12.

Coming up, Liberty Tree Academy will square off against Calhan at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Liberty Tree Academy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. As for Poudre Community Academy, they will challenge Addenbrooke Classical Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Addenbrooke Classical Academy's defense has only allowed 24.9 points per game this season, so Poudre Community Academy's offense will have their work cut out for them.