On Friday, the West Campus Warriors were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 59-58 to the Fairfield Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 602nd, while the Falcons are ranked 235th).
West Campus lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Zach Villanueva, who went 7 of 16 on his way to 19 points and six assists. Villanueva is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last four games he's played. Tyson Jiang also deserves some recognition as he posted his first blocks of the season.
Warriors
| 01/17/25 vs Fairfield | 58-59 |
| 01/15/25 @ Foothill | 46-56 |
Even though they lost, West Campus smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in eight consecutive games.
Johnnie Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Fairfield, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 16 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jose Saucedo, who posted nine points.
West Campus' loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Fairfield, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Campus will face off against Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. West Campus is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.6 points per game this season. As for Fairfield, they will take on Burbank at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Burbank will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Fairfield surely won't give up without a fight.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
