Even though the Laguna Beach Breakers scored an imposing 58 points on Wednesday, the San Clemente Tritons still came out on top. San Clemente snuck past Laguna Beach with a 64-58 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for San Clemente.
Christian Fernandez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 29 points. The match was his seventh in a row with at least ten points. Will Whidden was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with five rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why Laguna Beach lost, one person who can't be blamed is Dylan Mceachern. Despite the final result, he scored 23 points. Mceachern scored a full 39.7% of Laguna Beach's points, the 11th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Halvorson, who scored 12 points.
San Clemente is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Laguna Beach, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-7.
San Clemente won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Heritage at 4:30 p.m. on December 28, 2023. Heritage is hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses. Laguna Beach won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Irvine at 6:00 p.m. on December 28, 2023. Irvine is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 55.1 points per game.
