Game 1

Olympia (5-1) 68, Mahomet-Seymour (5-3) 54

STAR OF THE GAME

MATT FRAHM, Olympia

The 6-foot-6 senior scored 19 points, including 8-for-8 from the free throw line, and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to lead the Spartans to a convincing victory.

BY THE NUMBERS

The game's first seven shots were taken by different players and they combined for an 0-for-7 start. ... The slump ended when M-S' NICK WASHBURN scored at 5:18 of the first quarter. ... Though the Bulldogs suffered a double-digit loss, the team made more baskets (21-19), but the difference was Olympia hit 7-of-11 three-point shots and 23-of-26 free throws. ... Spartan coach GERRY THORNTON, who coached at Saybrook-Arrowsmith for 10 years, had his own cheering section. His parents, who live between Armstrong and Potomac, were in attendance as were "some buddies from high school I haven't seen in about 35 years," Thornton said. ... M-S cut into Olympia's 25-point lead by scoring the final 11 points, starting with a breakaway by LUKE RADLIFF and ending with two free throws by ETHAN DAHLKE. ... M-S' top two scorers were Radliff (21 points) and BRANNON KWIATKOWSKI (11 points), both left-handers. ... Radliff had the day's first dunk and interim M-S coach RYAN MARTIN received the day's first technical foul for saying, "that's a horrible call," after RYAN OHL was called for a charge. ... Saturday's Shootout opener counted in the Corn Belt Conference standings.

WHAT WAS SAID

M-S senior forward LUKE RADLIFF: "We played really bad, but I had a good time. This was amazing."

Olympia coach GERRY THORNTON: "We're capable of being pretty good or not being very good. Last Saturday we lost to a team that was not as good as Mahomet-Seymour."

M-S interim coach RYAN MARTIN: "I was honored to fill in (for Chad Benedict, who had a death in the family) and I desperately wanted to get a win for him while he was putting family first. I was disappointed the way we played defense. The things we talked about, we didn't do."

–FRED KRONER