Basketball Game Preview: Olympic Trojans vs. Ballantyne Ridge Wolves

The Olympic Trojans are taking a road trip to face off against the Ballantyne Ridge Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Ballantyne Ridge took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Olympic, who comes in off a win.

Olympic will head into Monday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 31-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They had just enough and edged Calvary Day out 40-37. The victory was some much needed relief for the Trojans as it spelled an end to their six-game losing streak.

Arianna Shaw

Steals

12/30/24 vs Calvary Day	5
12/28/24 vs Berkeley	2
12/27/24 @ First Baptist School	5

Olympic can attribute much of their success to Chaya James, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Arianna Shaw, who posted 11 points and five steals. Shaw is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasmyn Ashbourne, who had nine points and three steals.

Olympic was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.

Meanwhile, Ballantyne Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were outmatched by Ardrey Kell and fell 57-15.

Ballantyne Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Olympic, their win bumped their record up to 4-8.