Olympian lost against Mater Dei Catholic back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Olympian Eagles were dealt a 69-23 loss at the hands of the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 734th, while the Crusaders are ranked 290th).
Olympian lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Rochelle Burns, who posted five points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Lewis, who earned nine points.
Mater Dei Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Promise Martin, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 18 boards. Mater Dei Catholic is 4-1 when Martin posts ten or more rebounds, but 7-9 otherwise. Tess Warren was another key player, dropping a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Olympian and nudges their season record down to 10-14. As for Mater Dei Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-10 record this season.
Olympian will welcome Montgomery at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Montgomery is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.1 points per game this season. Mater Dei Catholic has already played their next game, a 63-49 win against Oceanside on the 1st.
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