Basketball Game Preview: Leuzinger Olympians vs. Northridge Academy Pumas

By Team Reports Jan 4, 2025, 6:07am

Basketball Preview: Leuzinger Olympians vs. Northridge Academy Pumas

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Having just played yesterday, the Leuzinger Olympians will head out on the road to face off against the Northridge Academy Pumas at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.

If Leuzinger beats Northridge Academy with 61 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Leuzinger enjoyed a cozy 61-47 win over Legacy on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Olympians' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 637th, while the Tigers are ranked 260th).

Brianna Ike

Points

01/03/25 vs Legacy19
01/02/25 @ Moorpark23
12/31/24 @ Cleveland24
12/28/24 vs Arleta20
12/27/24 vs Fillmore21
12/14/24 vs Burbank19

Tatyana Aubry and Brianna Ike were among the main playmakers for Leuzinger as the former went 7 for 15 on her way to 21 points and eight assists and the latter dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 rebounds. The game was Ike's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Lolohea Leka, who posted four points and nine boards.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Leuzinger was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 6.8.

Meanwhile, Northridge Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Crenshaw on Friday, taking the game 40-33.

The victory got Leuzinger back to even at 8-8. As for Northridge Academy, their record now sits at 9-2.

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