La Habra’s boys basketball team improved its overall record to 22-2 and inched closer to the Freeway League title with a 68-38 victory over Sunny Hills Tuesday night at Sunny Hills.
Ja’len Overstreet scored 30 points and made four 3-pointers and Sam Howlin had 10 points and eight rebounds to lead the Highlanders (7-0 in league).
Sunny Hills (14-13, 3-4) was led by Luke Hosozawa with 14 points.
“This is a huge win for the boys and personally for our coaching staff,” said La Habra Coach Aaron Riekenberg. “We’ve lost some tough games in this gym and our boys made sure that didn’t happen tonight. Ja’len was special. Sunny always does a good job of taking away one or two guys and Ja’len stepped up tonight like he has in other big spots this season and carried the load offensively.
“This was a great team win, but with Troy on Friday, it’s time to get right back to work.”
In other action Tuesday night:
Fairmont Prep 66, Pacifica Christian 62: Fairmont Prep (19-6, 7-0) won the San Joaquin showdown, which was broadcast on the internet by Mark Heller. Abel Jimenez scored 11 of his 19 points in the overtime to lead Fairmont Prep. Here’s a story on the internet broadcast.
Villa Park 74, Yorba Linda 35: Julien Franklin scored 15 points and Riley Schroeder had 10 points and four rebounds to lead Villa Park (21-2, 2-1) to a Crestview League victory. Connor Platt scored 12 points to lead Yorba Linda (14-11, 2-1). Cory Knutson and Brian Holland added six points each for the Mustangs.
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