12/28/24 vs Port St. Lucie | 25 |
12/27/24 vs St. Joseph Academy | 23 |
12/26/24 vs Coral Reef | 24 |
12/19/24 @ West Boca Raton | 23 |
12/11/24 vs Boynton Beach | 33 |
Olympic Heights won the last time they faced Port St. Lucie, and Jake Harbatkin did his part to make sure it happened again. The Olympic Heights Lions walked away with a 62-52 win over the Port St. Lucie Jaguars on Saturday thanks in part to Harbatkin, who posted 25 points and eight rebounds. His afternoon made it nine games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.
Garrett Schwartz was another key player, putting up seven points and six blocks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in blocks.
Several Jaguars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Cooper Graham, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 15 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Graham is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerek Gabriel, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 boards.
Olympic Heights has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Port St. Lucie, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Olympic Heights will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Park Vista at 7:30 p.m. on January 8, 2025. Port St. Lucie also won't see the court for a while: their next game is against Central at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Port St. Lucie is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.3 points per game this season.
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