The Olympia Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Yelm Tornados at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Olympia will be strutting in after a win while Yelm will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, Olympia was able to grind out a solid victory over Spanaway Lake, taking the game 67-55. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Sentinels are ranked 257th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Yelm was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat. They took a 63-45 bruising from Bonney Lake.
Yelm's loss dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Olympia, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Olympia didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Yelm in their previous meeting back in January of 2016, but they still walked away with a 75-71 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Yelm's Christian Davis, who went 11 of 23 on his way to 34 points and six rebounds. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be easier for Olympia to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
