The Frontier Titans waltzed into their game Tuesday with five straight wins but they left with six. They walked away with a 68-59 win over Independence. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Frontier's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kai Wilkins, who scored 15 points. Those 15 points set a new season-high mark for him. Another player making a difference was Peyton Beltran, who scored 12 points.
Independence lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being AMARIUS "AR" ROWEL, who scored 16 points. ROWEL scored a full 27.1% of Independence's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of JAMES TANNER, who scored 13 points along with nine rebounds.
Frontier's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-1.
Frontier will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Central Valley Christian at 12:00 p.m. on December 27th. Central Valley Christian 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 599th, while Frontier is ranked 202nd). Independence won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Torres at 5:30 p.m. on December 13th.
