Basketball Game Recap: Athenian Owls vs. Lincoln Mustangs
By Team Reports
Dec 9, 2023, 7:06pm
Recap: Athenian Owls vs. Lincoln Mustangs
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but the Athenian Owls ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They skirted past Lincoln 70-67. Given Athenian's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Lincoln is ranked 674th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Athenian had a senior duo take command as Evan Lucas scored 28 points and Surya Devasenapathy scored 20 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Devasenapathy has scored at least 25% of Athenian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Olivier, who scored 6 points.
The win makes it two in a row for Athenian and bumps their season record up to 6-2. As for Lincoln, they have fallen quite a ways from their 27-4 record last season and are now at 2-5.
Athenian's road trip will continue as they head out to face Swett at 6:00 p.m. on December 13th. As for Lincoln, they will be playing at home against Washington at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
