Olentangy and Marysville are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Olentangy Braves will head out to face off against the Marysville Monarchs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Olentangy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.9 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Olentangy was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to Olentangy Liberty. That's two games in a row now that the Braves have lost by just one point.
Olentangy might have lost, but man, Quentin Page was a machine: he went 7 for 13 on his way to 19 points. Page is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ty Walburn, who went 5 of 7 en route to 12 points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marysville). They took down Olentangy Berlin 73-59 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Monarchs.
Marysville's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-8. As for Olentangy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-6.
Everything went Olentangy's way against Marysville when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as Olentangy made off with a 67-45 win. In that match, Olentangy amassed a halftime lead of 33-13, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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