Olympia won the last time they faced Spanaway Lake and things went their way on Thursday too. The Olympia Bears walked away with a 67-55 victory over the Spanaway Lake Sentinels. 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.
When it comes to explaining why Spanaway Lake lost, don't look at Demond Louis. Despite the final result, he posted 22 points. The dominant performance gave Louis a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Sean Rector, who had ten points and three steals.
Bears
| 01/16/25 vs Spanaway Lake | 67-55 |
| 01/14/25 vs Puyallup | 62-53 |
| 01/09/25 vs Rogers | 79-60 |
| 01/03/25 vs Emerald Ridge | 54-45 |
| 12/28/24 vs Timberline | 54-39 |
Olympia pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Spanaway Lake, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Olympia will square off against 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. Spanaway Lake has already played their next contest (against Graham-Kapowsin), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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