Basketball Recap: Peyton Rassbach Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Evangelical Christian

Sharks

Margin (Wins)

01/06/25 vs Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy	44
12/07/24 @ Marco Island Academy	42
01/08/25 vs Naples Classical	41
12/20/24 vs Ida Baker	32
12/17/24 vs Babcock	26
01/18/25 vs Evangelical Christian	20

There's no place like home for Imagine School at North Port, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Evangelical Christian Sentinels on Saturday as the Imagine School at North Port Sharks made off with an 84-64 win. The Sharks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 20 points or more this season.

Imagine School at North Port got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Peyton Rassbach out in front who went 7 for 10 en route to 19 points along with six steals and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Rassbach a new career-high in steals. Another player making a difference was Zahmir Jackson, who went 8 of 13 on his way to 20 points and five boards.

Imagine School at North Port was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Evangelical Christian only racked up 16 assists.

Evangelical Christian's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Quez Outten, who went 10 for 20 en route to 21 points in addition to seven rebounds and five assists. David Morris was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.

Imagine School at North Port now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Evangelical Christian, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 10-10 record.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Imagine School at North Port will challenge Sarasota Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Imagine School at North Port is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61 points per game this season. As for Evangelical Christian, they will square off against Southwest Florida Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Evangelical Christian also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 56.4 points per game.