Basketball Recap: Olathe East Beats Lawrence for Their Third Straight Victory

Hawks

Previous 3 Games

01/25/25 vs Lawrence	64-54
01/23/25 vs Topeka	77-70
01/14/25 @ Lawrence	63-45

Olathe East had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Lawrence Lions by a score of 64-54. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Lions are ranked 195th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Olathe East pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Lawrence, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.

Olathe East has already played their next contest (against Blue Valley Southwest), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lawrence has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Sumner Academy.