Preview: San Clemente Tritons vs. San Juan Hills Stallions
The San Clemente Tritons will be playing at home against the San Juan Hills Stallions at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with San Clemente sitting on four straight wins and San Juan Hills on three.
On Monday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, San Clemente beat Trabuco Hills 45-41. Despite the victory, that was the fewest points San Clemente has scored all season.
It was another big night for Chase Tolliver, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 18 rebounds. That's the first time this season that he scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Will Whidden, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks.
Even though San Juan Hills has not done well against Tesoro recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. San Juan Hills walked away with a 61-48 victory over Tesoro. Given San Juan Hills' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while Tesoro is ranked 364th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Clemente has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for San Juan Hills, their win bumped their record up to 15-8.
San Clemente beat San Juan Hills 61-54 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will San Clemente repeat their success, or does San Juan Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
