The Olympic Trojans will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the First Baptist School Hurricanes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Olympic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while First Baptist School will come in with six straight victories.
Last Wednesday, Olympic came up short against Porter Ridge and fell 44-37. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Pirates are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask First Baptist School). They blew past Christ Church Episcopal 79-36 on Friday. The Hurricanes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 20 points or more this season.
First Baptist School's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.2 points per game. As for Olympic, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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