Basketball Recap: Olympia's Run of Seven Straight Wins Now Over

Bears

Previous 5 Games

12/20/24 vs ThunderRidge	54-63
12/19/24 vs Gilbert Christian	66-47
12/14/24 @ Curtis	74-40
12/12/24 vs Bethel	77-35
12/10/24 @ Graham-Kapowsin	65-43

It was fun while it lasted, but Olympia's undefeated season came to an end after seven games on Friday. They fell 63-54 to the ThunderRidge Grizzlies. The match marked the Bears' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Leading ThunderRidge to victory were Drew Paine and Ulysses Brown. Paine almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds, while Brown went 6 of 8 on his way to 16 points. The contest was Paine's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Cremeen, who posted nine points.

Having lost for the first time this season, Olympia fell to 7-1. As for ThunderRidge, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.

Olympia wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 54-39 victory against Timberline on the 28th. As for ThunderRidge, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-61 win against Millard South on the 21st.