The Olympic Heights Lions will venture away from home to square off against the West Boca Raton Bulls at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Olympic Heights has three straight wins, West Boca Raton has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
It was a proper cat-fight when Olympic Heights challenged Boynton Beach on Wednesday. Everything went Olympic Heights' way against Boynton Beach as Olympic Heights made off with a 79-56 victory. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Tigers are ranked 466th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
12/11/24 vs Boynton Beach | 33 |
12/09/24 vs Somerset Academy - Canyons | 20 |
12/05/24 vs Santaluces | 29 |
12/02/24 vs Atlantic | 23 |
11/26/24 vs Varsity Opponent | 15 |
Jake Harbatkin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 12 for 21 on his way to 33 points and three steals. The contest was his fifth in a row with at least ten points. Harrison Cohen was another key player, putting up eight points and 11 boards.
Olympic Heights was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, West Boca Raton came up short against Spanish River on Monday and fell 43-34.
Olympic Heights has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for West Boca Raton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Olympic Heights beat West Boca Raton 68-55 in their previous meeting back in January. Does Olympic Heights have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Boca Raton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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