The Walnut Mustangs will take on the Bonita Bearcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Walnut made easy work of Ayala and carried off a 64-43 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Walnut to victory, but perhaps none more so than Myles Wainwright, who went 8 for 10 on his way to 16 points and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Leon, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Bonita had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They strolled past the Wolfpack with points to spare, taking the game 59-43. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 382nd, while the Wolfpack are ranked 863rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Walnut is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.2 points per game. As for Bonita, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.
Walnut beat Bonita 69-56 when the teams last played back in January of 2019. Will Walnut repeat their success, or does Bonita have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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