The San Clemente Tritons will square off against the Dana Hills Dolphins at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. San Clemente is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.1 points per game this season.
On Saturday, San Clemente beat Damien 58-50. That's two games straight that the Tritons have won by exactly eight points.
It was another big night for Christian Fernandez, who went 12 for 21 en route to 27 points along with five assists and five boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of San Clemente's points. Another player making a difference was Chase Tolliver, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Dana Hills came into Saturday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They escaped with a win on Saturday against Aliso Niguel by the margin of a single free throw, 43-42. The win was all the more spectacular given the Dolphins' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 634th, while the Wolverines are ranked 223rd).
San Clemente is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Dana Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 8-16.
San Clemente beat Dana Hills 51-38 in their previous meeting last Wednesday. Does San Clemente have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dana Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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