Olathe ? Veritas Christian’s Micah Barclay scored 17 points, and teammate Michael Kay added 16, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles dropped a 68-54 decision to Olathe Christian in Friday night’s boys basketball contest.

Veritas (2-16) fell behind, 31-21, at halftime and could never recover, despite converting 17 of 19 attempts from the free-throw line.

“Our guys keep improving,” Veritas coach Doug Bennett said. “We’ve made huge strides since early in the season. We’re improving even though our record doesn’t show it.”

The Eagles will return to action Tuesday at Olathe Berean Christian.

Olathe Christian 68, Veritas Christian boys 54

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Veritas Christian – Micah Barkley 17, Michael Kay 16, Nathan Hammer 10, Tyler Williams 10, Ben Reynolds 1.

Olathe Christian – Zeb Speer 21, Josiah Bradley 17, Antjuan Saunders 8, Matthew Temple 4, Anthony Sublette 3, Micah Bourdess 6, Nick Kijowski 2, Shawn Deegan 4, Ben Wishall 3.

Olathe Christian 46, Veritas Christian girls 26

Olathe – Junior Kristie Tiegreen scored 10 points

as the Eagles struggled on

the road, committing 25 turnovers.

Veritas (5-11) fell behind, 14-6, after one quarter and 32-10 at halftime.

“They did it by pressuring us,” Veritas coach Kevin Shelton said. “The game changed in the second quarter. It got into an up-and-down game and favored them. We didn’t handle pressure well tonight.”

The Eagles will travel to Midland Adventist on Monday.

Olathe Christian 46, Veritas Christian girls 26

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Veritas Christian – Taelyr Shelton 4, Susan Wilson 7, Marteka Carlton 4, Becky Finger 1, Kristie Tiegreen 10.

Olathe Christian – E. Cotton 6, L. Cotton 21, Green 11, West 6, Meyer 2.