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Olympus’ women basketball group is getting fairly good at taking part in mad basketball.
Since timid performances in losses to Highland and Skyline final month — the place the Titans barely averaged 40 factors — they’ve performed with far more confidence and assertiveness racking up 4 straight victories, together with a 63-52 redemption win over that very same Highland group on Tuesday.
In Olympus’ final 4 video games it has scored 79, 62, 67 and 63 factors.
“We simply had a extremely huge week final week and I believe we’ve simply been following that confidence path and we used that tonight,” stated Olympus coach Whitney Jenkins. “Our follow yesterday was the perfect follow we’ve had.”
The distinction these days has been a killer intuition. Olympus outscored East in each quarter in an vital area win final week, after which in opposition to Highland on Tuesday it had two stretches the place it appeared to interrupt Highland’s spirits.
The primary got here halfway by way of the second quarter throughout a stretch by which Olympus scored on six of eight possessions to construct a 25-15 lead.
The latter got here within the third quarter and realistically sealed the win. It occurred at each ends of the courtroom and Jenkins was thrilled to see it.
Within the earlier loss to Highland, Jenkins stated her group had quite a few possessions to try to preserve tempo within the fourth quarter however simply didn’t execute on offense.
On Tuesday, after Highland scored 4 fast factors popping out of halftime to chop the deficit to 27-24, the Titans responded emphatically on offense. They scored on 9 of its ultimate 11 possessions of the third quarter racing to a 45-32 lead.
“They did a fantastic job beginning the quarter, but it surely was a fantastic response trigger we didn’t let Highland preserve their momentum going,” stated Jenkins.
All 5 Olympus starters scored through the third quarter, however none greater than 4 factors because the group loved nice offensive steadiness.
Olympus didn’t let up within the fourth quarter as the new hand of Alyssa Blanck and Abby Topham helped stretch the result in as many as 17 factors earlier than Highland waved the white flag and trotted within the backups with three minutes remaining.
Blanck completed the sport with 18 factors and 10 rebounds for the Titans, her fourth straight double-double and tenth of the season. Topham added 13 factors, with Joss Baker ending with 12.
Jenkins credited the perimeter protection of Brooklyn Davies with holding Highland shooter Sophia Legate scoreless.