West Campus had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45.6 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Wednesday. They blew past the Johnson Warriors, posting a 66-13 win. Given West Campus' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 264th, while Johnson is ranked 1176th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
01/29/25 vs Johnson | 18 |
01/27/25 @ Burbank | 20 |
01/24/25 vs Armijo | 20 |
01/22/25 vs Valley | 27 |
01/17/25 @ Fairfield | 17 |
Leading West Campus to victory were Esabel Otsuji and Naomi Johnson. Otsuji dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Johnson went 8 of 15 on her way to 18 points along with eight boards and eight steals. Johnson's evening made it eight games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Loismary Justice was another key player, going 6 for 8 en route to 12 points and five boards.
West Campus pushed their record up to 16-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to offensive rebounds: they averaged an imposing ten offensive boards in those games compared to only ten in the others. As for Johnson, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-15.
West Campus will square off against Florin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Johnson, they will challenge Burbank at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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