The Walnut Mustangs will take on the Chino Hills Huskies in a tournament on Friday. Both are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Walnut will head into Wednesday's matchup out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Wednesday after a huge 54-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Capistrano Valley Christian by a score of 58-55. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Eagles are ranked 36th).
Despite the loss, Walnut got top-tier performance from Myles Wainwright, who went 9 for 21 en route to 27 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Yen, who scored 13 points.
Meanwhile, Chino Hills unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Glendora by a score of 69-67. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Huskies have suffered since January 30th.
Chino Hills' loss dropped their record down to 8-2. As for Walnut, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Walnut beat Chino Hills 68-61 in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. Does Walnut have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chino Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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