Spanaway Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell 67-55 to the Olympia Bears. While losing is never fun, the Sentinels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Bears are ranked 32nd).
| 01/16/25 @ Olympia | 22 |
| 12/02/24 vs Varsity Opponent | 11 |
| 12/18/24 vs Bethel | 10 |
| 12/23/24 vs River Ridge | 10 |
| 01/09/25 vs Sumner | 10 |
When it comes to explaining why Spanaway Lake lost, don't look at Demond Louis. Despite the final result, he posted 22 points. Those 22 points gave Louis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean Rector, who put up ten points and three steals.
Spanaway Lake's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Olympia, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Spanaway Lake will venture away from home to challenge Graham-Kapowsin at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Olympia, they will head out on the road to take on Yelm at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Olympia is facing Yelm at the right time seeing as Yelm is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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