01/29/25 vs Mission Oak | 23 |
01/23/25 vs Tulare Union | 29 |
01/21/25 @ Lemoore | 23 |
01/16/25 vs Hanford | 22 |
01/14/25 @ Dinuba | 38 |
Tulare Western extended their home winning streak to four games thanks to a huge performance from Malachi Ficher. The Tulare Western Mustangs came out on top against the Mission Oak Hawks by a score of 79-70 on Wednesday thanks in part to Ficher, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 23 points in addition to seven rebounds and five assists. His evening made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.
Another player making a difference was Aubrey Taylor, who went 7 for 11 en route to 15 points and six boards. Those 15 points gave him a new career-high.
Mission Oak lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Malakai Rodriguez, who posted 23 points and three steals. Rodriguez has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Joaquin Torrez, who had 16 points and three steals.
Tulare Western is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Mission Oak, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-15.
Tulare Western didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 55-48 win against Dinuba on the 31st. Mission Oak has also already played their next game, a 73-51 loss against Lemoore on the 31st.
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