Basketball Recap: Sagemont Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Utah Prep

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Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 vs Utah Prep	79-82
01/27/25 vs Somerset Academy	82-53
01/23/25 vs Gateway Charter	67-57
01/15/25 @ North Broward Prep	65-52
01/13/25 vs Riviera Prep	59-61

Sagemont is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Utah Prep. The Sagemont Prep fell just short of the Utah Prep Athletes by a score of 82-79. The Prep's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Despite the loss, Sagemont still got an impressive performance from Matthew Able, who went 13 of 30 en route to 39 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Able is becoming a predictor of Sagemont's success: when he posts at least 30 points the team is 14-4 (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Patrick Liburd, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 16 points.

Sagemont's defeat dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Utah Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.

Sagemont didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 91-50 victory against Riviera Prep on the 31st. As for Utah Prep, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 68-63 loss against CIA-Bella Vista on the 31st.