The Villa Park Spartans will challenge the Colony Titans at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Villa Park's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.
Villa Park will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 20) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Yorba Linda 59-57. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Spartans have posted since December 13, 2023.
Meanwhile, Colony came up short against Los Altos on Thursday and fell 68-57. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 498th, while the Conquerors are ranked 197th).
Despite the loss, Colony saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Carter Johnson dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 boards. Those 12 rebounds gave Johnson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Fende Thomas, who posted ten points.
Villa Park's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. As for Colony, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-13.
Villa Park strolled past Colony in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 52-37. Will Villa Park repeat their success, or does Colony have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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