Montverde Academy and IMG Academy clash: Live score, updates from girls high school basketball (2/19/25)

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Saniyah Hall and Montverde Academy (Fla.) are SBLive's new No. 1 girls basketball team before NIKE Tournament of Champions. / Photo by Kimberly Braden

A top girls high school basketball matchup takes place in Bradenton tonight when the nationally-ranked No. 1 Montverde Academy Eagles take on the No. 6-ranked IMG Academy Ascenders.

Top 25 national high school girls basketball rankings: Montverde still holding strong at top

The Eagles are 22-1 on the season and coming off a 77-30 rout of Central Point Blue while IMG Academy enters the contest at 16-3, with the last win over Montverde coming nearly three years ago.

Here is a closer look at Montverde Academy vs. IMG Acdemy:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Montverde	22	17
IMG	8	17

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PREGAME

Opening tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

1st Quarter

Montverde Academy has rushed out to a 6-0 lead in the early minutes

A 3-pointer from the Eagles forces IMG Academy to call a timeout; Montverde Academy 10, IMG Academy 0, 4:12 remaning in the period

Saniyah Hall with the step-back 3-pointer puts the Eagles ahead 13-2

Hall finds a open Amaia Jackson for a quarter-ending 3-pointer

Montverde Academy 22, IMG Academy 8

2nd Quarter

IMG Academy got to within nine at 24-15, but Montverde Academy has built its lead back up to 32-17 with 2:23 remaining in the period

Hall closes the first half off with a 3-pointer to head into the half with a 14-point advantage

Montverde Academy 39, IMG Academy 25

FINAL

Montverde Academy 65, IMG Academy 57

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