Walnut is 3-0 against Bonita since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Walnut Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Bonita Bearcats at 6:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bonita will be up against a hot Walnut squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Walnut secured a 63-57 W over Ayala on Thursday.
01/23/25 vs Ayala | 19 |
01/20/25 vs Marquez | 8 |
01/21/25 @ Claremont | 7 |
11/29/24 vs Murrieta Valley | 7 |
12/23/24 @ La Puente | 3 |
Walnut can attribute much of their success to Nathan Yen, who went 7 for 17 en route to 19 points, and Chico Chungcharoenpanich, who went 8 of 11 on his way to 19 points. The dominant performance gave Chungcharoenpanich a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiko Guevara, who posted eight points.
Meanwhile, Bonita was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 70-66 to Chino. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (63), the Bearcats still had to take the loss.
Walnut is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, 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 63.1 points per game. As for Bonita, they now have a losing record at 12-13.
Walnut strolled past Bonita in their previous meeting on January 9th by a score of 56-39. The rematch might be a little tougher for Walnut since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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