Basketball Game Preview: Sprague Olympians vs. North Salem Vikings

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Previous Games

02/07/25 - Away	67-49 W
01/21/25 - Home	79-52 W
02/09/24 - Home	76-35 W
01/26/24 - Away	71-35 W
01/09/24 - Home	68-63 W
+ 5 more games

Sprague is a perfect 10-0 against North Salem since February of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Sprague Olympians will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Salem Vikings at 6:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sprague has ten straight victories, North Salem has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, Sprague didn't have too much trouble with South Salem as they won 83-64. Given the Olympians' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Saxons are ranked 50th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, North Salem and South Salem faced off in a cross-town battle on Friday. North Salem took a 69-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Salem.

Sprague pushed their record up to 17-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points over those games. As for North Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.

Sprague strolled past North Salem in their previous matchup on February 7th by a score of 67-49. Will Sprague repeat their success, or does North Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.