Basketball Recap: Olympus Takes a Loss

If Olympus was feeling good fresh off their 65-41 takedown of Skyline last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Olympus Titans had to suffer through a 84-46 loss at the hands of the West Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Panthers are ranked fourth).

Olympus lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Joss Baker, who went 7 for 11 on her way to 20 points and eight rebounds. Baker has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last 22 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Cammie Bontempo, who posted 12 points and six rebounds.

Even though they lost, Olympus smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in three consecutive contests.

Kylee Falatea continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for West, going 11 of 21 en route to 26 points in addition to five assists and four steals. Fina Tuha was another key player, going 5 for 11 on her way to 14 points and seven boards.

Olympus' loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for West, their victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-0.

Olympus will square off against Highland at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Olympus is facing Highland at the right time seeing as Highland is stuck on a 17-game losing streak. As for West, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Brighton at 7:00 p.m. West knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 16 games -- so hopefully Brighton likes a good challenge.