Basketball Preview: Laguna Beach Breakers vs. Trabuco Hills Mustangs
The Laguna Beach Breakers will face off against the Trabuco Hills Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Laguna Beach is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against El Dorado on Thursday. Laguna Beach fell 69-60 to El Dorado. While losing is never fun, the Breakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 251st, while the Golden Hawks are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Trabuco Hills). They secured a 66-62 W over Chaparral on Friday.
Laguna Beach has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season. As for Trabuco Hills, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Laguna Beach barely slipped by Trabuco Hills in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, winning 53-52. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Trabuco Hills' Sam Meza-Tallada, who made all 5 shots he took racking up 14 points plus five rebounds and two steals. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Laguna Beach to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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