The Olympian Eagles will take on the Mountain View Spartans in a tournament on Thursday. One thing working in Olympian's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Olympian will head into Thursday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point loss in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Central last Thursday. Everything went Olympian's way against Central as Olympian made off with a 70-49 victory. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Olympian relied on the efforts of Tristan Anderson, who went 9 for 14 on his way to 24 points and six steals, and Jordan Walker, who went 10 of 18 on his way to 24 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Anderson has scored at least a third of Olympian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Yaseen Chemsi, who posted six points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mountain View had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. The stars were shining brightly for them in a 70-56 win over the Cardinals. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Cardinals are ranked 401st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Olympian's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Mountain View, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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