The Dana Hills Dolphins waltzed into their contest on Friday with eight straight wins but they left with nine. They took down Mission Viejo 71-52. 71 seems to be a good number for Dana Hills as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Dana Hills' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ryan Torab, who scored 18 points along with five assists and two steals. Torab has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Collin Haugh, who scored 20 points along with two steals.
Despite the loss, Mission Viejo still got an impressive performance from Porter Baldwin, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds.
Mission Viejo struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Dana Hills racked up 22 assists.
Dana Hills is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Mission Viejo, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-13.
Dana Hills will be playing at home against El Toro at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. El Toro 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 573rd, while Dana Hills is ranked 36th). As for Mission Viejo, they will head out on the road to take on Aliso Niguel at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Aliso Niguel and Mission Viejo are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
