Basketball Recap: Temple City Picks Up Third Consecutive Victory

Kristi Huynh

Steals

01/27/25 vs Blair	2
01/25/25 vs Mayfair	3
01/24/25 vs Monrovia	5
01/22/25 vs La Canada	2
01/20/25 @ Monrovia	5

Temple City had won two straight games and Kristi Huynh did her part to make it three on Monday. The Temple City Rams took their match with ease, bagging a 61-14 win over the Blair Vikings thanks in part to Huynh, who went 5 for 8 on her way to 20 points and six blocks. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 11 games she's played.

Another player making a difference was Lauren Lee, who posted eight points in addition to six steals and five boards. She is becoming a predictor of Temple City's success: when she posts at least three steals the team is 10-5 (and 2-4 when she doesn't).

Temple City has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 31.3% in those games and 31.8% outside of them. As for Blair, their loss was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-11.

Temple City will have a chance to go back-to-back against Blair: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.