The Walnut Mustangs waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with ten straight wins but they left with 11. They walked away with a 62-53 victory over Bellflower. Given Walnut's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while Bellflower is ranked 528th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Myles Wainwright, who scored 18 points along with two steals. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Kiko Guevara, who scored 11 points.
Walnut has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Bellflower, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-8.
Walnut will face off against Marquez at 9:00 a.m. on Monday. One thing working in Marquez's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matches. As for Bellflower, Bellflower and Verbum Dei Jesuit will face off at 12:00 p.m. on January 15th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Verbum Dei Jesuit is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 58.6 points per game.
