The El Segundo Eagles and the Walnut Mustangs will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
El Segundo's tournament run continued when they took on Canyon Springs on Monday. El Segundo walked away with a 55-45 victory over Canyon Springs.
Meanwhile, Walnut waltzed into their game on Monday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They claimed a resounding 71-35 win over the Warriors. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Warriors are ranked 803rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Walnut has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.9 points per game. As for El Segundo, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.
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