The Laguna Hills Hawks will take on the Santa Ana Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Laguna Hills knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight matches -- so hopefully Santa Ana likes a good challenge.
Last Wednesday, Laguna Hills came up short against Valencia and fell 70-60. The loss continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Santa Ana beat Westminster 59-50 on Wednesday. With that win, the Saints brought their scoring average up to 50.3 points per game.
Laguna Hills better keep an eye on Issac Alvarez. He was instrumental in Santa Ana's win, putting up 27 points. The dominant performance gave Alvarez a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alejandro Lopez, who posted ten points.
Santa Ana is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-16 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.8 points per game. As for Laguna Hills, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-12.
Everything came up roses for Laguna Hills against Santa Ana in their previous matchup on January 10th, as the team secured a 70-42 victory. Will Laguna Hills repeat their success, or does Santa Ana have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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