A well-balanced attack led the Ardrey Kell Knights over the Olympic Trojans in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Ardrey Kell blew Olympic out of the water with a 76-42 final score. With Ardrey Kell ahead 42-18 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Ardrey Kell got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Matthew Craft out in front who scored 16 points. Another player making a difference was Caden Caskey, who scored 13 points.
Olympic lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being CANNON DEBERRY, who scored nine points along with eight rebounds and two blocks. DEBERRY has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of JADEN HARDNETT, who scored eight points.
Even though they lost, Olympic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. This was only their 13th loss (out of 17 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Ardrey Kell's win bumped their record up to 16-7. As for Olympic, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-19.
Ardrey Kell will take on Palisades at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Palisades has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Olympic, they will head out on the road to face off against Berry at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Olympic is facing Berry at the right time seeing as Berry is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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