Coming in to Monday’s game, Krop knew that Carol City’s Deandre Burnett was the Miami-Dade County’s leading scorer.

What they didn’t know was how to stop him.

Burnett scored a game-high 43 points against the host Lightning to lead the Chiefs to a 68-56 victory Monday night.

Burnett, who is averaging nearly 40 points per game, shot 14 of 28 from the field and made 11 of his 16 free throws. He also had two assists and two steals.

Carol City (5-2) trailed Krop 21-13 at the end of the first quarter but went on a 15-4 second quarter run that gave the Chiefs the lead. At the half, Burnett had 25 of his team’s 28 points.

Krop, which got a team-high 21 points from Larry McKnight and 15 from Dylan Karrell, cut the deficit to 54-49 midway through the fourth quarter — but never got any closer than that.

Chiefs coach Barry Robinson had high praise for Burnett.

“He’s a once-in-a-decade kid,” he said. “Deandre has done everything we asked him to do, and he’s improved every year he’s been in the program.”

•  Carol City 68, Krop 56 - CC (5-2): Burnett 43, Rolle 6, McKinnie 6, Snell 4, Walker 3, Williams 2, White 2, James 2. KRO: McKnight 21, Karrell 15, Haughton 10, Nagar 4, Rivera 3, Durante 3. Halftime: CC 42-28. Three-pointers: Burnett 4, Rebounds: Walker 8. Assists: Snell 4. Steals: James 3.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

• Booker T. 59, Jackson 39: BTW: Spiller 20, Holcomb 12, Williams 9, Ali 5, Lasouva 2, Henvill 7, Cox 4. JAC: Phillips 12, Simpson 2, Brown, Porter 5, Jenkins 4, Alexander 2, Baptiste 4, Augustin 2, DeLaCruz 5, Davis 2. Rebounds: Henvill 13. Assists: Spiller 7. Steals: Holcomb 7.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

• Mater Academy 41, Westland 24: MAT: Angulo 15, Acosta 9, Pena 10, Dalmau 7. WES: Alvarez 8, Cabrera 4.

• Carol City 32, Booker T. 10: CC (4-7): Mozell 6, Warren 4, Williams 5, Williams 2, Williams 8, Blocker 3, Bulter 2, Mitchell 2. BTW: Sostre 2, Maduro 4, Hudson 2, Sams 6.

Rebounds: Gaines. 11. Steals: Mozell 6.

• TERRA 50, Archbishop Carroll 45: TER: Friend 15, Burnstein 8, Corujo 8. ABC: Hernandez 18, Lopez 11. Halftime: TERRA: 24-15.

• Miami Springs 60, Goleman 35: MS (4-3): MS: Zapata 8, Williams 2, Padrino 10, Walsh 12, McKenney 8, Moore 2, Torres 14, Rodriguez 4. GOL: Crooke 9, Baez 21, Rodriguez 3, Metayar 2. Rebounds: McKenney 8. Steals: Walsh 5. Assist: Rodriguez 5.

BOYS’ SOCCER

•  Sunset 1, Palmetto 1: Jonathan Diaz goal. Juan Marquez assist. SUN 6-4-2.

•  Killian 4, American 3: Danny Gonzalez three goals. Kimani Cooke goal. KIL 8-1-2.

• Columbus 3, South Miami 2: Christian Mas 1 goal. Scot Wood 1 goal. Nicolas Shaheen 1 goal. COL 3-7-1.

• South Dade 3, Southridge 2: Luis Betancourt, Jose Nunez and Danny Garcia had one goal each. Timothy Humby and Thomas Humby had one assist each. SD 3-5-2.

• LaSalle 1, Booker T. 1: Alvaro Morales goal, Lorenzo de la Garza assist. ILS 6-6-1

GIRLS’ SOCCER

• Lourdes 8, Killian 0: Bailey Plummer 3 Goals, 1 assist. Michelle Figarola 2 Goals, 1 assist. LOU 12-1.

•  Dade Christian 2, Hillel 1: Hillel goal scored by Nicole Marder.

• Archbishop Curley 4, Doctors Charter 2: Megan Romanik 2 goals. Alysa Lambert 1 goal,. Valentina Charris goal. AC 2-3.

• Hialeah Miami Lakes 1, Central 0: Johanna Martinez 1 goal. Elyanis Diaz assist.

• Hialeah-Miami Lakes 1, Homestead 1: Isabella Perez 1 goal.

• La Salle 8, Booker T. 0: Alex Alvarido 2 goals. Becca Mendoza 2 goals. Ale Alvarez goal, 2 assists. Therese Vidal shutout. ILS 9-4-1