It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Athenian Owls had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They secured a 73-68 W over the Jaguars. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Athenian's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Surya Devasenapathy, who scored 28 points. Another player making a difference was Evan Lucas, who scored 20 points.
Athenian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season. As for International, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-6.
Athenian will head out on the road to take on Head-Royce on Friday. Head-Royce is on a 17-game streak of home wins, Athenian a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. International does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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