The Olympic Trojans suffered their biggest defeat since December 8, 2023 on Tuesday. They took a serious blow against Myers Park, falling 56-24. Olympic has not had much luck with Myers Park recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Olympic's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Chai James, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds, and Barri Terry who scored two points. James hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for 13 straight games.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Olympic struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Myers Park racked up 18 assists.
Leading Myers Park to victory were Jerin Truesdale and Chayla McDaniel. Truesdale scored 16 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while McDaniel scored 11 points along with seven steals. Truesdale is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last six games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Laura Lassiter, who scored eight points.
Olympic bumped their record down to 9-6 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 25.7 points per game. As for Myers Park, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 15-0.
Olympic will be playing at home against Berry at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Berry focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine last Wednesday. As for Myers Park, they will head out on the road to take on South Mecklenburg at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. South Mecklenburg will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while Myers Park is ranked sixth).
