{"id":119438,"date":"2026-01-15T17:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/119438\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:47:03","slug":"hialeah-educational-academy-biggie-vs-imater-charter-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/119438\/","title":{"rendered":"Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie vs. iMater Charter Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two dominant guards in Dennis Pierre Jr<\/a> and Alexander Masis<\/a> are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie<\/a> will host the iMater Charter Knights<\/a> at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hialeah Educational Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 63.1 points per game this season.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Hialeah Educational Academy humbled Hialeah with a 75-45 victory. Given the Biggie’s advantage in MaxPreps’ Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Thoroughbreds are ranked 633rd) , the win wasn’t entirely unexpected.<\/p>\n

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Kayne Garbutt<\/p>\n

01\/08\/26 @ Hialeah2112\/27\/25 vs Melbourne Central Catholic1812\/09\/25 @ Ferguson1512\/08\/25 @ Mater Lakes Academy1512\/30\/25 vs Taravella13+ 12 more games<\/a><\/p>\n

Hialeah Educational Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kayne Garbutt<\/a> out in front who shot 58% from the field en route to 21 points and five assists. Garbutt is becoming a predictor of the Biggie’s success: when he posts at least 15 points the team is 3-1 (and 4-9 when he doesn’t). Christian Lewis<\/a> was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to eight boards and five steals.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, iMater Charter came up short against JC Bermudez Doral on Friday and fell 45-37. The Knights have now taken an ‘L’ in back-to-back games.<\/p>\n

Hialeah Educational Academy’s victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-10. As for iMater Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.<\/p>\n

Hialeah Educational Academy was dealt a bruising 87-55 defeat at the hands of iMater Charter in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. Thankfully for the Biggie, Christopher Gonzalez<\/a> (who went 10-for-14 to rack up 23 points) won’t be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There’s only one way to find out.<\/p>\n

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