The Villa Park Spartans and the San Clemente Tritons will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Villa Park knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 matches -- so hopefully San Clemente likes a good challenge.
Villa Park saw some tournament action on Saturday. They came out on top against Woodbridge by a score of 59-48. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Warriors are ranked 464th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Clemente had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Jaguars with a sharp 59-36 win. The Tritons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 23 points or more this season.
San Clemente's win came from a few key players Villa Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Christian Fernandez, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 22 points and six assists. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of San Clemente's points. Porter Hansen was another key player, going 6 of 14 on his way to 19 points.
San Clemente is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for Villa Park, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
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