The La Salle Lancers and the La Canada Spartans are set to duel on Monday. Hopefully La Salle focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
La Salle will head out to face La Canada after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. La Salle fell 49-40 to Orange Lutheran. The loss was La Salle's first of the season.
Despite the defeat, La Salle saw an underclassman step up: freshman Aislin Tamez Torres dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 47.5% of La Salle's points, marking the third time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Casey Higgins, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, La Canada put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Gabrielino 66-28. The Spartans pushed the score to 48-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had little chance of recovering from.
La Salle's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-1. As for La Canada, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Everything came up roses for La Salle against La Canada in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 52-22 win. Will La Salle repeat their success, or does La Canada have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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