Hilltop's tournament run continued when they took on Buckley on Friday. The Hilltop Lancers had to suffer through a 70-32 loss at the hands of the Buckley Griffins. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1184th, while the Griffins are ranked 400th).
When it comes to explaining why Hilltop lost, don't look at Roman Miramontes. Despite the final result, he posted 11 points and seven rebounds.
Hilltop has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season. As for Buckley, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 10-4.
Hilltop and Wildwood will face off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. As for Buckley, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Southwest EC at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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