Basketball Recap: Gateway Charter Piles Up the Points Against South Fort Myers

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Gateway Charter on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the South Fort Myers Wolfpack out of the water with a 75-38 final score. Given the Griffins' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Leading Gateway Charter to victory were Jazmyne Trubina and Kiari Church. Trubina almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine boards, while Church went 9 of 13 on her way to 20 points and three steals. That's the most rebounds Trubina has posted since back in January. The team also got some help courtesy of Yaneila Roman, who posted four points along with five assists and three steals.

Gateway Charter was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Fort Myers only posted eight assists.

Despite the defeat, South Fort Myers saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Mariah Thorne dropped a double-double on 23 points and 15 boards. That was a full 60.5% of South Fort Myers' points, marking the fourth time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. Ja'Meria Church was another key player, putting up three points along with 14 rebounds and three steals.

The victory made it two in a row for Gateway Charter and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for South Fort Myers, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.

Gateway Charter will welcome Oasis at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Gateway Charter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.1 points per game this season. As for South Fort Myers, they will venture away from home to square off against Cape Coral at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cape Coral's defense has only allowed 27.2 points per game this season, so South Fort Myers' offense will have their work cut out for them.