The Olympian Eagles will take on the San Diego Cavers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Olympian will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Olympian will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Mater Dei Catholic, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Olympian came out on top against Mater Dei Catholic by a score of 49-40 on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Crusaders are ranked 380th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Olympian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jordan Walker, who went 8 of 12 en route to 17 points. Tristan Anderson was another key player, going 8 for 18 on his way to 18 points and five steals.
Meanwhile, San Diego unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 69-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (57), the Cavers still had to take the loss.
San Diego's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-4. As for Olympian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-2 record this season.
Olympian strolled past San Diego in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a score of 75-61. Does Olympian have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Diego turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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