West lost against Olympus back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The West Panthers were dealt an 86-36 loss at the hands of the Olympus Titans. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Titans are ranked sixth).
01/03/25 @ Olympus | 5 |
01/19/24 @ Skyline | 4 |
02/09/24 @ East | 4 |
12/28/23 vs Ben Lomond | 4 |
12/15/23 @ Cyprus | 3 |
Despite the loss, West still got an impressive performance from Chachi Pan, who went 6 for 8 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds. Those five rebounds gave Pan a new career-high. Matthew Fox was another key player, putting up eight points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Olympus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Owen, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. Owen has been hot, having posted eight or more rebounds the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Lowe, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten assists.
This is the second loss in a row for West and nudges their season record down to 5-7. As for Olympus, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.
West wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 56-53 defeat against Brighton on the 7th. As for Olympus, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 46-45 win against Highland on the 7th.
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