On Saturday, Olympia slipped by The Villages Charter 47-46. Given Olympia's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while The Villages Charter is ranked 313th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Olympia had a senior duo take command as Kaiden White scored 18 points along with 5 assists and Kameren Wright scored 15 points along with 4 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which White has scored at least 25% of Olympia's points. Another player making a difference was Vophcy Prophete, who scored 10 points along with 5 rebounds.
Despite the loss, The Villages Charter saw an underclassman step up: Jared Thompson scored 17 points along with 6 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Deonte Sesler, who scored 6 points.
The victory makes it two in a row for Olympia and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for The Villages Charter, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Olympia will head out on the road to face off against Lake Nona at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Villages Charter will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Blake at 1:00 p.m. on December 2nd. Hopefully Blake focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.
