Olympia girls basketball falls in regional semifinals to Boone

ORLANDO — The Olympia girls basketball team saw its season come to an end Feb. 10 at the hands of the host Boone Braves.

The Titans fell to the Braves in the Class 8A Region 1 Semifinals, 50-32.

Olympia fell by double-digits after trailing Boone (19-10) by just one point, 21-20, at halftime. With 3:22 left in the third quarter, the Titans trailed 28-26, but an 18-1 run by the Braves put the contest out of reach for Olympia.

“We got stuck,” head coach Robert Carmody said. “We’re a transition team, and I think (Boone) game-planned really well for us in terms of not letting us do what we want to do.”

Sadie Desroches led Boone with 20 points.

Olympia was led by Tiana Spikes’ nine points and an additional eight points from Mackenzie Loos.

Despite the defeat, the season was a success for the Titans in Carmody’s first year at the helm. Olympia finished with a 22-7 record and matched its deepest playoff run as a program (the Titans also advanced to the regional semifinals in 2011). 

“It’s hard to go out, but only one team gets to finish the season with a win,” Carmody said. “It’s not going to be us this year, but maybe we’ll build to that.”

Olympia was the last remaining team from the coverage area of the West Orange Times & Observer, and, with its defeat, girls hoops season officially has come to an end in West Orange County.

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