Irvine Valley's men's basketball team couldn't extend its two-game win streak in Orange Empire Conference play.
The Lasers lost, 78-76, in double overtime to Santa Ana Friday night.
Irvine Valley's record slipped to 10-10 overall and 3-2 in conference, while Santa Ana improved to 11-9 overall and 3-2 in conference.
Irvine Valley fell from a tie in first place in conference to a three-way tie for second place.
The Lasers took a two-point lead late in regulation on a Chris Salas three-pointer before Du'Juan Williams made a layup with 17 seconds left to tie the game at 63-63.
After Irvine Valley missed a three-pointer, the Dons got one last attempt at a game-winner but were unable to convert, sending the game to overtime.
The first overtime opened with the teams trading baskets before Williams hit a three-pointer to put Santa Ana up, 68-67. Williams added a layup to put the Dons up three points, but Irvine Valley found the equalizer on sophomore guard Jimmy Golden's three-pointer with 12 seconds left. T
The Dons, again, had a chance to break the tie, but were unable to convert for a second time, sending the game to a second overtime.
Santa Ana seemed to take control of the second extra frame with Williams hitting a three-pointer before Justin Bryan made a layup to give the Dons a 75-70 lead.
IVC got a layup by Andrew Bastien to cut Santa Ana's lead to three points, but Ramez Michail hit a layup to put the Dons back up by five.
The next four points went to the Lasers as they pulled within one at 77-76 before Chris Kapano hit 1 of 2 free throws to put the Dons up, 78-76, with 11 seconds remaining.
The Lasers couldn't get a final shot attempt off as the Dons held on for the win.
Williams finished with a game-high 19 points while Bryan added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Santa Ana.
The Lasers were led by Bastien with 15 points and 10 rebounds followed by sophomore guard Chris Salas with 13 points and five assists.
Golden, sophomore guard Ronnie Harris and freshman forward Craig Magyar each had 10 points. Harris also had nine rebounds and seven assists and Magyar added seven rebounds.
Irvine Valley shot just 39.5 percent (32 of 81) from the field and was only 21.4 percent (6 of 28) from three-point range.
The Lasers dominated on the boards, out-rebounding Santa Ana, 56-38, including, 21-8, on the offensive end.
