Basketball Game Preview: San Juan Hills Stallions vs. San Clemente Tritons

San Juan Hills is on a five-game streak of home wins, while San Clemente is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The San Juan Hills Stallions will host the San Clemente Tritons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

If San Clemente heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when San Juan Hills took over last week. San Juan Hills enjoyed a cozy 69-54 victory over Trabuco Hills on Tuesday. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Mustangs are ranked 293rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

San Juan Hills relied on the efforts of Anna Shreeve, who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds, and Adelyn Boberg, who went 10 for 24 en route to 29 points and six boards. With that strong performance, Boberg is now averaging an impressive 15 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of IrIs ProfancIk, who posted six points and five assists.

Meanwhile, San Clemente blew past Dana Hills, posting a 74-41 win. The Tritons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 20 points or more this season.

San Clemente is also on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for San Juan Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 16-10.

San Juan Hills suffered a grim 64-41 defeat to San Clemente in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point San Juan Hills was down 41-17.