Portola entered their match against Laguna Hills on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The game between the Portola Bulldogs and the Laguna Hills Hawks didn't end well, with the Portola Bulldogs falling 78-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (61), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Leading Laguna Hills to victory were Jackson Burnham and Cyrus Yusuf. Burnham earned 22 points plus eight rebounds and six assists, while Yusuf had 16 points in addition to seven steals and six assists. Yusuf is becoming a predictor of Laguna Hills' success: when he posts at least three steals the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Myles Mittelsteadt, who scored 12 points.
Portola's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for Laguna Hills, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
Portola didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 78-75 loss against El Toro on the 5th. Laguna Hills has also already played their next matchup (against Portola), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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