Basketball

Walnut Breaks Away From La Salle With Third-Quarter Run; Mustangs Improve to 3-0 After Wednesday’s 68-53 Victory

Nov 25 2021 11:42:36

Boys Basketball:

Walnut used a sizeable third-quarter run on Wednesday to help propel the Mustangs to a 68-53 over La Salle.

The Mustangs and Lancers were tied at 26-26 at the break, but Walnut’s 20-7 surge in the third quarter was too much for La Salle.

Derek Peterson had a game-high 24 points for La Salle and Myles Blackman chipped in with 15 points.

Walnut was led by Malik Khouzam, who scored 20 points in the win.

Ryan Win finished with 11 points and Tyler Stevens had 10 for the Mustangs.

Up next: La Salle will battle Canyon Country on Friday at 6.

Box Score:
LS: 13-13-7-20-(53)
W: 11-15-20-22-(68)

La Salle scoring: Derek Peterson 24, Myles Blackman 15, Isaiah May 8, Ryan Hajar 2, Jacob Chin 2, John Alvarez 2.

Walnut scoring: Malik Khouzam 20, Ryan Win 11, Tyler Stevens 10, Adrian Triplett 8, Gavin Ibraham 7, Christian Aquino 5, Ramadan Ibraham 5, Evan Luu 1.

Records: La Salle (3-4); Walnut (3-0)

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