Basketball Recap: Mountain View Drops Season-High Score on American Leadership Academy

Bruins

Team Score

12/30/24 vs American Leadership Academy	83
12/06/24 vs Cedar Valley	72
11/22/24 vs Cedar	69
11/26/24 @ Cyprus	68
11/19/24 @ American Heritage	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain View). They came out on top against the American Leadership Academy Eagles by a score of 83-70 on Monday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bruins also won the last time the pair played back in December of 2018.

Mountain View's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Coleman Pearson led the charge by going 7 for 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 21 points. The dominant performance also gave Pearson a new career-high in assists (four). Jaxson Hockersmith was another key player, going 9 for 12 on his way to 21 points.

Mountain View was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.

American Leadership Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Grant Jackson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kobe Ross, who posted 15 points and seven assists.

Mountain View's record is now 5-7. As for American Leadership Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-3.

Mountain View didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 69-61 win against Murray on the 31st. As for American Leadership Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 59-46 defeat against Logan on the 31st.