Hillcrest won the last time they faced Valley View and things went their way on Thursday too. The Hillcrest Trojans walked away with a 55-47 victory over the Valley View Eagles. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 298th, while the Eagles are ranked 992nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valley View's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kenneth Hutchinson, who went 6 for 14 en route to 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Davion Moore, who posted 11 points.
Hillcrest's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 19-6. As for Valley View, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-19.
Hillcrest will head out on the road to challenge Rancho Verde at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Valley View has already played their next contest (against Rancho Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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