The Athenian Owls will head out on the road to face off against the Stuart Hall Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Athenian had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 83-33 victory over the Cardinals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Athenian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Olivier, who scored 19 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Olivier has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Koen Feyock, who scored 14 points.
Meanwhile, Stuart Hall humbled Cloverdale with a 79-44 victory. Given Stuart Hall's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while Cloverdale is ranked 811th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Athenian's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 30.7 points. As for Stuart Hall, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 21 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season.
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