Basketball Recap: Pine Crest Beats Highlands Christian for Their Sixth Straight Victory

Panthers

Previous 6 Games

12/07/24 @ Highlands Christian	56-46
12/06/24 @ Elite Academy	48-44
12/05/24 @ Somerset Academy Key	69-57
11/22/24 @ American Heritage	68-60
11/21/24 @ Don Soffer Aventura	57-46
11/19/24 vs David Posnack Jewish Day	77-66

Pine Crest extended their winning streak to six games thanks to a huge performance from Rowan Hoffman. The Pine Crest Panthers came out on top against the Highlands Christian Knights by a score of 56-46 on Saturday thanks in part to Hoffman, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 16 rebounds. The match was his fourth in a row with at least ten points.

Another player making a difference was Diego Garcia-Alcala, who posted six points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in assists (two).

Pine Crest pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Highlands Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.

Pine Crest will challenge Franklin Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Crest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.3 points per game this season. As for Highlands Christian, they will head out to take on Somerset Academy Key at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Somerset Academy Key has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.