The Olympic Trojans will challenge the Ballantyne Ridge Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Olympic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.9 points per game this season.
Olympic is headed into Friday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They fell 64-57 to South Mecklenburg on Friday.
Olympic might have lost, but man, Maurice Sabb was a machine: he went 7 of 8 en route to 19 points and seven boards. JD Terrell was another key player, putting up ten points and eight assists.
Even though they lost, Olympic was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Mecklenburg only posted 12 assists.
Meanwhile, Ballantyne Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat. They were dealt a 74-44 loss at the hands of Ardrey Kell. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 550th, while the Knights are ranked 47th).
Ballantyne Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 2-18. As for Olympic, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5.
Olympic strolled past Ballantyne Ridge in their previous meeting on January 3rd by a score of 71-56. Will Olympic repeat their success, or does Ballantyne Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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