Basketball Game Preview: Olympic Heights Lions vs. Port St. Lucie Jaguars

The Olympic Heights Lions and the Port St. Lucie Jaguars will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Olympic Heights' tournament run continued when they took on St. Joseph Academy on Friday. Olympic Heights simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat St. Joseph Academy 85-40. That 45 point margin sets a new team best for the Lions this season.

Olympic Heights had a senior duo take command as Sebastian Kamalzadeh went 9 for 14 from beyond the arc on his way to 32 points and Jake Harbatkin went 10 of 12 on his way to 23 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. Harbatkin's afternoon made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Wigodner, who posted seven points.

Olympic Heights was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Port St. Lucie). They came out on top against Lake Mary by a score of 67-60 on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Jaguars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 492nd, while the Rams are ranked 230th).

Olympic Heights is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Port St. Lucie, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8.

Olympic Heights strolled past Port St. Lucie in their previous meeting back in January of 2020 by a score of 58-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Olympic Heights since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.