Armijo lost to West Campus back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Royals lost 83-59 to the Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1016th, while the Warriors are ranked 328th).
West Campus had a senior duo take command as Zach Villanueva went 8-for-11 to rack up 19 points along with eight assists and five boards and Edmund Michalski shot 50% from the field on his way to 21 points and seven rebounds. Villanueva's big performance that evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyson Jiang, who shot 43% from the field en route to 14 points.
Armijo has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games. That's still a better percentage than their 6-19 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points over those games. As for West Campus, their win bumped their record up to 19-6.
Looking ahead, Armijo will head out on the road to challenge Foothill at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Royals will need to watch out since the Mustangs have now posted at least 55 points in their last 15 matchups. As for West Campus, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Burbank at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Warriors will be up against the Titans' rather soft defense (which has allowed 58.73 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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