Olympic holds off Northside
In one of the feature games at the Southeast Hoops Festival Saturday at West Charlotte High School, the Olympic Trojans defeated Northside Christian 63-62 despite being down double digits in the first half.
“It was great to see that they had that fight in them,” said head coach Jeff Bishop, whose team improved to 6-0. “It was a long summer and this fall we’ve been playing really well, so it was great to see that we fought back.”
It was a slow moving first quarter till the Knights started to find a little rhythm from behind the three-point line. Northside Christian turned up the defense, holding Olympic to just four points in the last five minutes of the first quarter.
Northside Christian (3-8) would take a 36-19 lead into halftime after senior forward Antonio Perkins hit a half-closing 3-point basket. The Knights did a solid job of forcing Olympic into taking tough shots.
Bishop noticed, for sure, and said he just wanted his guys to get back to doing the things that they did well.
“We just had to remind them that they had to come to play,” Bishop said. “Play the way that we know how to play.”
The third quarter was largely dominated by the Trojans as they listened to their coach and got within five. Kameron Taylor spurred on the Trojan comeback during the third quarter stretch having several big baskets including a put back dunk lighting the crowd up
“I think when we got back to the locker room (at halftime), we really just had to lock in,” Taylor said. “I just thought that I had to get on the glass for us to win, and we really just locked in on getting on the glass.”
The Trojans found themselves ahead by two with just 10 seconds left in the game. Northside Christian’s Josh Bullock would get fouled with just two seconds remaining. His first free throw was pure. The second ran out of gas, bouncing off the front of the rim ending the game after Kameron Taylor grabbed his 16th rebound of the night.
THREE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
Antonio Perkins, Northside Christian: The Knights looked different when their senior forward was on the floor. Perkins got things going after a few short minutes, hitting two big shots, forcing a Trojan timeout early in the first quarter. Perkins was the catalyst in the first half.
Kameron Taylor, Olympic: The 6’5 forward took over in the paint in the second half, and was a huge factor in bringing the Trojans back into the game. He finished the game with 24 points and 16 rebounds. Arael Jones, Northside Christian: The 6’1 guard was rebounding above his height in this game grabbing 7 rebounds. 3 of which were offensive rebounds. He had 11 points to go along with his boards. WORTH
MENTIONING ▪ Northside Chrisitian’s length seemed to be a key factor in getting the Trojans off of their normal rhythm. ▪ The Trojans seemed to be at their best when they put in a smaller lineup and outran the Knights with just one forward on the floor.
WHAT’S NEXT Olympic will travel to Porter Ridge on Dec. 13, while Northside Christian will head to Covenant Day on Dec. 16.
SCORING SUMMARY
OLYMPIC: 9 10 28 16 — 63
NORTHSIDE: 19 17 16 10 — 62
NSC—Antonio Perkins 21, Arial Jones 11, Goudelock 7, Freeman 4, Shaw 8, Shouse 4, Bullock 3, Thompson 4,
NORTHSIDE 3-8
In one of the feature games at the Southeast Hoops Festival Saturday at West Charlotte High School, the Olympic Trojans defeated Northside Christian 63-62 despite being down double digits in the first half.
“It was great to see that they had that fight in them,” said head coach Jeff Bishop, whose team improved to 6-0. “It was a long summer and this fall we’ve been playing really well, so it was great to see that we fought back.”
It was a slow moving first quarter till the Knights started to find a little rhythm from behind the three-point line. Northside Christian turned up the defense, holding Olympic to just four points in the last five minutes of the first quarter.
Northside Christian (3-8) would take a 36-19 lead into halftime after senior forward Antonio Perkins hit a half-closing 3-point basket. The Knights did a solid job of forcing Olympic into taking tough shots.
Bishop noticed, for sure, and said he just wanted his guys to get back to doing the things that they did well.
“We just had to remind them that they had to come to play,” Bishop said. “Play the way that we know how to play.”
The third quarter was largely dominated by the Trojans as they listened to their coach and got within five. Kameron Taylor spurred on the Trojan comeback during the third quarter stretch having several big baskets including a put back dunk lighting the crowd up
“I think when we got back to the locker room (at halftime), we really just had to lock in,” Taylor said. “I just thought that I had to get on the glass for us to win, and we really just locked in on getting on the glass.”
The Trojans found themselves ahead by two with just 10 seconds left in the game. Northside Christian’s Josh Bullock would get fouled with just two seconds remaining. His first free throw was pure. The second ran out of gas, bouncing off the front of the rim ending the game after Kameron Taylor grabbed his 16th rebound of the night.
THREE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
Antonio Perkins, Northside Christian: The Knights looked different when their senior forward was on the floor. Perkins got things going after a few short minutes, hitting two big shots, forcing a Trojan timeout early in the first quarter. Perkins was the catalyst in the first half.
Kameron Taylor, Olympic: The 6’5 forward took over in the paint in the second half, and was a huge factor in bringing the Trojans back into the game. He finished the game with 24 points and 16 rebounds. Arael Jones, Northside Christian: The 6’1 guard was rebounding above his height in this game grabbing 7 rebounds. 3 of which were offensive rebounds. He had 11 points to go along with his boards. WORTH
MENTIONING ▪ Northside Chrisitian’s length seemed to be a key factor in getting the Trojans off of their normal rhythm. ▪ The Trojans seemed to be at their best when they put in a smaller lineup and outran the Knights with just one forward on the floor.
WHAT’S NEXT Olympic will travel to Porter Ridge on Dec. 13, while Northside Christian will head to Covenant Day on Dec. 16.
SCORING SUMMARY
OLYMPIC: 9 10 28 16 — 63
NORTHSIDE: 19 17 16 10 — 62
NSC—Antonio Perkins 21, Arial Jones 11, Goudelock 7, Freeman 4, Shaw 8, Shouse 4, Bullock 3, Thompson 4,
NORTHSIDE 3-8
