Basketball Recap: Imagine School at North Port Drops Highest Score of Season Against Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy

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Team Score

01/06/25 vs Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy	91
12/07/24 @ Marco Island Academy	79
12/17/24 vs Babcock	64
12/02/24 vs Venice	62
11/19/24 @ DeSoto County	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Imagine School at North Port). They breezed by the Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy Eagles to the tune of 91-47 on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Imagine School at North Port's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Peyton Rassbach led the charge by going 7 for 10 on his way to 19 points and seven assists. Those seven assists gave Rassbach a new career-high. Zahmir Jackson was another key player, going 8 of 14 on his way to 18 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.

Rassbach wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Imagine School at North Port was working as a unit and finished the game with 33 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Despite the defeat, Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Gavin Henderson went 8 for 19 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. That was a full 42.6% of Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Victor DeChiara, who put up eight points.

The victory got Imagine School at North Port back to even at 7-7. As for Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, they moved to 5-8 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Imagine School at North Port didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, an 83-42 win against Naples Classical on the 8th. As for Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 69-45 defeat against Out-of-Door Academy on the 7th.