Mission Viejo lost against San Clemente back in January of 2022 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Mission Viejo Diablos had to suffer through a 80-49 loss at the hands of the San Clemente Tritons. The Diablos were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-25.
Despite the loss, Mission Viejo still got an impressive performance from Damian Navarro, who posted 25 points. That was a full 51% of Mission Viejo's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was JD Hill, who had six points.
It was another big night for Christian Fernandez, who went 7 of 12 en route to 26 points for San Clemente. Fernandez's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Hansen, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 19 points and three steals.
Mission Viejo has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season. As for San Clemente, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-3.
Mission Viejo will welcome Trabuco Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. San Clemente and Los Alamitos will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on December 21st.
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