Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Olathe). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 78-17 win over the Soroco Rams. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
12/20/24 vs Soroco | 6 |
12/12/24 @ Caprock Academy | 4 |
12/16/23 @ North Fork | 4 |
12/08/23 @ Nucla | 4 |
12/13/24 @ Grand Valley | 3 |
Leading Olathe to victory were Isaiah Gordon and Elijah Gordon. Isaiah went 9 of 20 en route to 23 points along with six assists and five steals, while Elijah went 8 for 14 on his way to 18 points and seven steals. The dominant performance gave Isaiah a new career-high in assists. Wyatt Patterson was another key player, putting up seven points in addition to nine boards and three steals.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Olathe was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Olathe now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Soroco, they are on an 18-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Olathe won't have much time to rest: their next game is against West Grand at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Olathe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 65.5 points per game this season. As for Soroco, they and Creede will face off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.
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