Olivier matches season-high as Chargers hammer Olive-Harvey to round out regular season

GALESBURG — Larry Olivier Jr. tied a season-high with 17 points and the Sandburg men's basketball team never trailed in an 82-61 Sophomore Day triumph Saturday against Olive-Harvey.

KEY MOMENTS
• Ralph Wires kicked off the scoring with a 3-pointer 35 seconds into the contest as the Chargers (18-12) scored the game's first 11 points in the opening 4:00.
• Sandburg went into halftime with a 44-27 lead as it closed with a 12-3 burst in the last 2:45. Olivier scored seven points during that stretch, including 3s on both ends of it. The Chargers retained a double-digit lead for the entire second half.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Olivier led five Chargers in double figures as he connected on a season-best five 3s. The freshman from Rock Island was 5 of 12 overall from the floor and 5 for 11 from long distance. His 17 points tied his previous best, set Dec. 17 against McHenry County. Saturday's contest was also Olivier's first double-digit scoring effort since that McHenry County performance, a span of 17 games.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Wires — 15 points, 4-5 FG, 6-6 FT, 4 assists
• Logan Sluder — 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
• Ethan Price — 11 points, 11 rebounds
• Matt Bockman — 11 points, 5-10 FG, 6 rebounds, 4 steals

FOR THE PANTHERS
• Christopher Hammond Jr. — 20 points
• Reggie Rice — 12 points

SO LONG, SOPHOMORES
Saturday's contest was the final home game for Chargers sophomores Ethan Price, Logan Sluder and Adam Kohl. The trio was honored prior to the game.

UP NEXT
Region 4 quarterfinals, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Madison 

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