Basketball Recap: IMG Academy Takes Down Ranked St. Mary's Prep

IMG Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. Mary's Prep. The IMG Academy Ascenders managed a 67-62 victory over the St. Mary's Prep Eaglets. Winning may never get old, but the Ascenders sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Ascenders

Previous 5 Games (Away)

01/09/25 @ St. Mary's Prep	67-62
12/10/24 @ Tampa Catholic	80-40
12/08/24 @ Bishop McNamara	84-61
11/19/24 @ Sarasota	93-52
01/27/24 @ Bradenton Christian	90-64

IMG Academy pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27 points. As for St. Mary's Prep, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4.

IMG Academy will square off against Link Academy on Saturday. Link Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully IMG Academy likes a good challenge. As for St. Mary's Prep, they will take on East Lansing at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.