California High School Basketball - Whitney can't hold off Placer
January 14, 2010: Auburn, CA 95603 The Placer Hillmen basketball team scored 60 points and restricted the visiting Whitney Wildcats to 54 in the Hillmen league victory on Thursday.
The Hillmen now sport a 4-11 record. They play next when they travel to Lincoln for a Pioneer Valley contest on Tuesday, January 19. Placer will meet a Fighting Zebras team coming off a 55-47 league loss to Bear River (Grass Valley, CA). The Fighting Zebras record now stands at 7-11.
The Wildcats (13-6) will now prepare for their contest against El Dorado (Placerville, CA). The Cougars come into the Pioneer Valley contest with a 14-1 record. In their last contest, El Dorado edged Colfax (Colfax, CA), 57-41, in a league contest.