The Olympic Trojans will take on the Wesleyan Christian Academy Trojans in a tournament on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Olympic has ten straight victories, Wesleyan Christian Academy has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Olympic is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing West Charlotte: they outscored them in every quarter. Olympic walked away with a 71-58 win over West Charlotte on Saturday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Lions are ranked 308th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Olympic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Randy Johnson led the charge by going 7 of 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 23 points. The team also got some help courtesy of JD Terrell, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten assists.
Olympic was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Charlotte only racked up seven assists.
Meanwhile, Wesleyan Christian Academy had to suffer through a 85-52 loss at the hands of DeMatha.
Olympic pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.2 points per game. As for Wesleyan Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
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