Basketball Recap: Pine Crest Now 8-1 over Last Nine Games

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

11/19/24 vs David Posnack Jewish Day	53
12/04/24 vs West Boca Raton	50
12/06/24 vs Calvary Christian Academy	32
01/14/25 vs Spanish River	30
01/15/25 @ American Heritage	24
01/08/25 vs Ransom Everglades	21

Pine Crest won the last time they faced American Heritage and things went their way on Wednesday too. Everything went the Pine Crest Panthers' way against the American Heritage Stallions as the Pine Crest Panthers made off with a 69-45 victory. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 21 points or more this season.

Pine Crest got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Franky Garfi out in front who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 14 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Garfi has scored at least a third of Pine Crest's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabella Sangha, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds.

Despite the loss, American Heritage had strong showings from Joslyn Klein, who posted 20 points, and Emily Remis, who had 12 points. Those 20 points gave Klein a new career-high.

Pine Crest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for American Heritage, they dropped their record down to 4-12 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.

Pine Crest wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 66-31 victory against West Boca Raton on the 16th. As for American Heritage, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 59-35 win against Donna Klein Jewish Academy on the 21st.