With a playoff game on the line, the Athenian Owls rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 78-67. The victory was just what Athenian needed coming off of a 66-46 loss in their prior game.
Surya Devasenapathy was his usual excellent self, scoring 31 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Lucas, who scored 13 points.
Mt. Shasta lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brooks Andrus, who scored 18 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Nick Mangrum was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Athenian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-8 record this season. As for Mt. Shasta, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-10.
Athenian will look to defend their home court on Saturday against International at 7:00 p.m. International is coming into the matchup with seven straight victories on the road, so Athenian will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Mt. Shasta does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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