Laguna Hills is 0-3 against Valencia since December of 2016 but things could change on Wednesday. The Laguna Hills Hawks will head out to square off against the Valencia Tigers at 6:15 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Laguna Hills against Westminster as the team secured an 83-47 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
01/24/25 vs Westminster | 28 |
01/20/25 @ Buena Park | 16 |
01/15/25 vs Valencia | 12 |
01/10/25 @ Santa Ana | 14 |
01/08/25 @ Westminster | 13 |
Laguna Hills found their leader in sophomore Myles Mittelsteadt, who posted 28 points. With that strong performance, Mittelsteadt is now averaging an impressive 15.1 points per game. Another player making a difference was Cyrus Yusuf, who had 20 points.
Meanwhile, Valencia came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Coyotes 67-46. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.
Laguna Hills has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.7 points per game. As for Valencia, they pushed their record up to 19-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Laguna Hills came up short against Valencia in their previous matchup last Wednesday, falling 66-56. Can Laguna Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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