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The defending 5A state champions had won 18-straight games heading into its home showdown with rival Skyline Tuesday night, but that win streak found its end. The Titans fought back from a nine-point halftime deficit, and even took a nine-point lead of its own late in the game, but the Eagles made the plays it needed to down the stretch to secure a 64-62 road victory. Skyline received big games from seniors Yorgio Golesis (22 points) and Peter Broadbent (18 points), to propel them to the win. Olympus junior Dutch DowDell led all scorers with 23 points. The result dealt Olympus its second loss of the year and paved the way for Skyline to knot things up atop the Region 6 standings, as both the Titans and the Eagles now sit at 7-1 in region play. The win shows the recent trajectory of the Eagles, who were defeated by Olympus by 33 points over three weeks ago. Since the blowout defeat, Skyline has yet to lose a game. “(Olympus) is tough and talented and extremely well coached (and) obviously Coach Barnes is as great of a coach as there is in our state. I just thought our guys hung in there and stayed together when the game got tough. We love the fight that our guys have… We have not arrived–I want to be really clear about that–but to beat a team like (Olympus) on their floor is a big step for us,” Skyline coach Marcus Frazier said.