Basketball Game Preview: Olympus Titans vs. Alta Hawks

The Olympus Titans will challenge the Alta Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Olympus is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.6 points per game this season.

On Tuesday, Olympus came up short against Brighton and fell 47-39. The loss continues a trend for the Titans in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now lost three in a row.

Olympus' defeat came about despite a quality game from Joss Baker, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 boards. Baker is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last 24 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Tessa Cromar, who posted eight points and six boards.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alta). They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 73-21 victory over Highland. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hawks had established a 42 point advantage.

Alta's win came from a few key players Olympus will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Quincy Kegel, who had 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alia Baldassano, who scored 16 points.

Alta has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Olympus, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.

Olympus couldn't quite finish off Alta when the teams last played back in January and fell 57-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kegel, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and ten rebounds. Now that Olympus knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.