Basketball Recap: Sylmar Beats Locke for Their Third Straight Win

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sylmar had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They strolled past the Locke Saints with points to spare, taking the game 74-58. The victory was nothing new for the Spartans as they're now sitting on three straight.

Andrew Galvez

Steals

02/22/25 vs Locke	10
01/03/25 vs Monroe	7
01/24/25 @ Kennedy	6
02/14/25 vs Canoga Park	5
12/27/24 vs Serra	5

Sylmar found their leader in sophomore Andrew Galvez, who dropped a double-double with 22 points and ten steals. Those ten steals set a new season-high mark for Galvez. Cymon Millhouse was another key player, putting up 18 points and three steals.

Sylmar's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-18. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing 14 assists in those games compared to only 4.79 in the others. As for Locke, their loss dropped their record down to 8-12.

Coming up, Sylmar will face off against South Gate at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sylmar knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully South Gate likes a good challenge. Locke does not have any more games scheduled as of now.