Claremont lost against Walnut back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Claremont Wolfpack took a 69-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Walnut Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Wolfpack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 853rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 236th).
Several Wolfpack players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jaden Wang, who went 6 of 15 on his way to 19 points. Wang is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Jaden Cardenas was another key player, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Nathan Yen had a dynamite game for Walnut, dropping a double-double on 35 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Yen a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Chico Chungcharoenpanich, who posted seven points and seven boards.
Claremont dropped their record down to 10-14 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Walnut, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Claremont will face off against Bonita at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Claremont is facing Bonita at the right time seeing as Bonita is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Walnut, they will square off against Ayala at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Walnut is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.5 points per game this season.
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