Diamond Bar was the 65-55 winner over Yucaipa when they last played one another back in December of 2015, but their luck changed this time around. The Diamond Bar Brahmas were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 76-75 to the Yucaipa Thunderbirds. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (56), the Brahmas still had to take the loss.
Yucaipa had a senior duo take command as Malik Young went 12 for 20 on his way to 27 points in addition to seven assists and seven boards and Jaxon Lerma went 5 of 11 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight boards and five assists. That makes it six consecutive games in which Young has scored at least a third of Yucaipa's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathan Campbell, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
Diamond Bar's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-8. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for Yucaipa, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Diamond Bar will host Bonita at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Yucaipa will take on Summit in a holiday battle at at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Yucaipa has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests.
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