The Western Christian Fighting Lancers are taking a road trip to take on the Alta Loma Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Western Christian came up short against Carter and fell 61-53.
Brian Wallace
| 12/14/24 vs Carter | 22 |
| 12/04/24 vs Claremont | 18 |
| 12/03/24 @ Pomona | 23 |
Despite the loss, Western Christian got top-tier performance from Brian Wallace, who posted 22 points in addition to eight rebounds and five steals. The matchup was Wallace's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Mendoza, who had eight points and nine rebounds.
While Alta Loma didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 40-32 win over Temple City on Saturday. The 40-point effort marked the Braves' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Western Christian's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-7. As for Alta Loma, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Western Christian couldn't quite finish off Alta Loma when the teams last played back in December of 2022 and fell 59-56. Can Western Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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