After a string of five wins, the Simi Valley Pioneers's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 90-80 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dana Hills. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Wednesday (73), Simi Valley still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Simi Valley got some senior leadership from Ryder Mjoen who scored 27 points along with six rebounds and Kyle Hoffer who scored 27 points along with five rebounds. The match was Mjoen's 17th in a row with at least ten points. Justin Rener was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Collin Haugh was his usual excellent self, going 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 28 points and 0 assists for Dana Hills. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Haugh has scored at least 25% of Dana Hills' points.
Simi Valley's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Dana Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which lines up perfectly with their 12-4 record this season.
Simi Valley and Highland will face off at 3:00 p.m. on December 29, 2023 without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Highland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 480th, while Simi Valley is ranked 131st). Dana Hills and Lodi will face off at 12:00 p.m. on December 29, 2023 without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Lodi has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 534 points over their last eight contests.
