On Friday, the Piedmont Panthers lost to the Olympic Trojans on the road by a 46-31 margin. The Panthers were down 39-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Piedmont lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Madison Pippen, who scored six points plus seven rebounds. Emily Lundquist was another key player, posting seven points.
Olympic found their leader in sophomore Arianna Shaw, who posted 11 points plus eight rebounds and eight steals. Shaw has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Chaya James, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Piedmont's loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Piedmont will be playing in front of their home fans against South Point at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Olympic, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on West Cabarrus at 6:00 p.m. on December 4th.
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