San Clemente and Tesoro are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but not for long. The San Clemente Tritons are taking a road trip to challenge the Tesoro Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Clemente is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.6 points per game this season.
San Clemente is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering San Juan Hills just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 77-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stallions. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (60), the Tritons still had to take the loss.
San Clemente's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Porter Hansen, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 29 points and three steals, and Christian Fernandez, who went 9 of 20 en route to 25 points. Another player making a difference was Braeden Baggs, who posted five points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Tesoro, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They walked away with a 53-42 win over Dana Hills on Wednesday. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Dolphins are ranked 619th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tesoro pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for San Clemente, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-5.
San Clemente strolled past Tesoro in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a score of 62-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for San Clemente since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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