Mater Dei Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They fell 49-40 to the Olympian Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 380th, while the Eagles are ranked 39th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Olympian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jordan Walker, who went 8 of 12 en route to 17 points. Tristan Anderson was another key player, going 8 for 18 on his way to 18 points and five steals.
Mater Dei Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Olympian, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-2.
Mater Dei Catholic will look to defend their home court on February 7th against Victory Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. As for Olympian, they will venture away from home to face off against San Diego at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. San Diego is on a three-game streak of home wins, Olympian a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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