The San Clemente Tritons will take on the Villa Park Spartans in a tournament on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Villa Park is hoping to do what Cabrillo couldn't on Saturday: put an end to San Clemente's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went San Clemente's way against Cabrillo as San Clemente made off with a 59-36 win. The Tritons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 23 points or more this season.
San Clemente's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Christian Fernandez, who went 8 of 16 on his way to 22 points and six assists. That makes it three consecutive games in which Fernandez has scored at least a third of San Clemente's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Hansen, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 19 points.
Meanwhile, Villa Park beat Woodbridge 59-48 on Saturday. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Warriors are ranked 464th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Clemente is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for Villa Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-6.
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