While Western Christian's victory against Claremont wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. The Western Christian Fighting Lancers came out on top in a nail-biter against the Claremont Wolfpack on Wednesday, sneaking past 55-53. The Fighting Lancers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wolfpack, too.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Western Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kevin Xiong, who went 8 for 11 en route to 17 points plus seven rebounds and five blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Brian Wallace, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds.
Despite the defeat, Claremont saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jaden Cardenas dropped a double-double on 25 points and 16 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Cardenas has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Tyler Zitar, who scored nine points in addition to seven rebounds and two steals.
Western Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Claremont, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-2 record.
Coincidentally, Western Christian and Claremont will both be playing Carter the next time they take the court. Claremont will head out to face Carter at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, while Western Christian will host them at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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