Basketball Recap: Pacifica Christian Snags Ninth Victory in Last Ten Games

By Team Reports Feb 6, 2025, 12:32pm

Basketball Recap: Pacifica Christian Tritons vs. Western Christian Fighting Lancers

If Western Christian wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Pacifica Christian, they should've done a better job of containing EJ Spillman. The Pacifica Christian Tritons took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 76-32 win over the Western Christian Fighting Lancers thanks in part to Spillman, who went 8 for 14 en route to 22 points and seven assists. He continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played.

Justin Stone

Assists (Career)

01/31/25 vs Western Christian2
01/21/25 vs Adelanto1
01/20/25 vs Victory Christian Academy1
01/16/25 @ Western Christian1
01/11/25 vs West Ranch1

Another player making a difference was Justin Stone, who posted six points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in assists (two).

Despite the loss, Western Christian still got an impressive performance from Brian Wallace, who went 8 of 15 on his way to 19 points. That was a full 59.4% of Western Christian's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points.

Pacifica Christian is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.4 points per game. As for Western Christian, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-19.

Coincidentally, Pacifica Christian and Western Christian will both be playing San Gabriel Academy the next time they take the court. Pacifica Christian will head out to face San Gabriel Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, while Western Christian will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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