The Nova Classical Academy Knights played by The Monroe Doctrine Friday night as Jack Monroe scored 27 points to lead them to a 60-49 win over the Groves Academy Griffins in their home opener in St. Louis Park.
The Griffins, looking for their first win in four games, got off to an outstanding start with an 8-0 run that included three pointers from Robert Hall and Gabe Gordon. Monroe hit a three pointer to put the Knights on the board and Liam Borell would go inside for a 5-0 run. Groves Academy got scoring balance in the early going with four players tallying and utilizing a 2-3 defense. But the Griffins defense would leak like a snow covered roof as they would give up 20 straight points to Nova Classical Academy, including five in a row from Monroe. Emory Harden's three pointer would end the run and Alfie Galle would score seven consecutive points to bring Groves Academy into halftime down 34-26.
Into the second half and the Knights would score early on Ben Parsonage's basket :23 into the half. The Griffins would make a valiant comeback on Harden and Gordon's shots from Highway 100 plus a basket from Galle that would trim the Nova Classical Academy lead to one. But they would not vault into the lead as the Knights pulled away on Monroe's fourth and fifth three pointers that would spark a 12-0 run and it would put the game away.
Nova Classical Academy improved their record to 1-3 and will return to action on Tuesday, December 17 as they host the Shattuck-St. Mary's Sabers at 7 PM. Groves Academy fell to 0-4 and will head to Forest Lake on Monday, December 16 to face Lakes International Langauge Academy at 7:15 PM.
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