2018-19 Men's Basketball News
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Men's basketball player Geoff Salas signs with SouthwesternAugust 14, 2019Irvine Valley's Geoff Salas is headed to NAIA Southwestern College in Kansas. Salas led the Lasers, averaging 12.9 points per game during the 2018-19 season. He scored in double figures in 18 of 28 games for Irvine Valley.
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Men's basketball team defeats Santa Ana in last game of seasonFebruary 22, 2019Irvine Valley finishes off its year with a 72-68 victory over Santa Ana in an Orange Empire Conference game on Friday at home. Isaiah Mahmud, Sadiq Muhammad and Christian Louis each scored in double figures for IVC.
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Men's basketball team fights hard, but loses in OT to RiversideFebruary 12, 2019Irvine Valley plays right with Riverside most of the way and rallies in the final minutes to send the game to overtime, but falls in the extra period, 75-72, in an Orange Empire Conference game at home on Tuesday night.
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Men's basketball team holds on for victory at Orange CoastFebruary 02, 2019Irvine Valley does enough down the stretch for a 83-81 Orange Empire Conference win at Orange Coast Friday night. Sadiq Muhammad paces the Lasers with 18 points, while Kevin Olsen adds 15 points and five assists.
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Men's basketball team loses OEC game at home to CypressJanuary 31, 2019Irvine Valley falls to the Chargers, 67-56, in an Orange Empire Conference game on Wednesday night. Geoff Salas comes off the bench with 18 points for the Lasers. IVC plays at Orange Coast in an OEC game Friday at 5 p.m.
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Men's basketball team gets beat in OT at Santiago CanyonJanuary 23, 2019Irvine Valley erases a five-point lead late in regulation and has its chances to close out a win, but falls in overtime, 95-91, in an Orange Empire Conference game Wednesday at Santiago Canyon. Geoff Salas ends with 24 points.
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Men's basketball team stuns Saddleback for first OEC victoryJanuary 16, 2019Irvine Valley scores the final five points of the contest and beats Saddleback, 51-47, in an Orange Empire Conference game at home on Wednesday. Geoff Salas finishes with 21 points, including the last 16 of the game for IVC.
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Men's basketball team falls to top-ranked team in the stateJanuary 11, 2019Irvine Valley gets off to a slow start and loses, 74-53, at home to Fullerton in an Orange Empire Conference game on Friday. Geoff Salas leads Irvine Valley with 16 points. The Lasers host Saddleback next Wednesday at 5 p.m.
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Men's basketball team can't get past Orange Coast at homeJanuary 09, 2019Irvine Valley gets out-scored by seven points in the second half and falls, 69-67, to Orange Coast in an Orange Empire Conference opening game on Wednesday at home. Isaiah Mahmud paces the Lasers with 20 points.
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Men's basketball team starts OEC play Wednesday at homeJanuary 08, 2019Irvine Valley looks to start Orange Empire Conference play off on a strong note Wednesday when it hosts Orange Coast at 5 p.m. IVC has a record of 3-13 overall. Geoff Salas paces the team, averaging 12.3 points per game.
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Men's basketball team loses at LA Valley, OEC play up nextDecember 28, 2018Irvine Valley finishes up its non-conference schedule with a tough 61-35 loss at LA Valley on Friday. The Lasers next play in January, starting Orange Empire Conference play at home against Orange Coast on Jan. 9 at 5 p.m.
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Men's basketball team edged in both games at El Camino tourneyDecember 21, 2018Irvine Valley leads after the first half against both Bakersfield and Santa Monica in games at the Paul Landreaux Classic at El Camino this week, but its out-scored in the second half in both contests and drops two games.
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Basketball team loses two games in overtime in crossover eventDecember 15, 2018Irvine Valley falls to MiraCosta, 71-67, in overtime Thursday at home and then loses to Miramar, 85-81, in double overtime at MiraCosta Saturday as part of the PCAC vs. OEC Crossover event. Geoff Salas scores 32 points Saturday.
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Basketball team drops another close game, falls to MoorparkDecember 08, 2018Irvine Valley sees its record slip to 3-8 overall after a tough 65-62 defeat to Moorpark on Friday in the Don Johnson Classic at Cypress College. IVC has lost five games by four points or less so far this season.
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Men's basketball team battles, but falls short vs. Santa MonicaDecember 05, 2018Irvine Valley takes a lead into the half and is close down the stretch, but can't pull out a win against Santa Monica in the opening round of the Don Johnson Classic at Cypress. IVC loses, 67-63, and plays again Friday against Moorpark.
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Men's basketball team wins one of three games in MontereyDecember 02, 2018Irvine Valley beats Hartnell in the first game of the Monterey Peninsula Tournament over the weekend, but drops the next two contests, including suffering a tough, 56-54 loss to Solano in the third-place game on Saturday.
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Men's basketball team gives up lead, loses at El CaminoNovember 21, 2018Irvine Valley leads, 40-25, at halftime, but is out-scored by 17 points in the second half in a non-conference loss at El Camino on Tuesday night. The Lasers play again next Thursday in the Monterey Peninsula Tournament.
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Men's basketball team edged by Ventura in third-place gameNovember 17, 2018Irvine Valley has its chances, but falls to Ventura, 63-59, in the third-place game of its own Irvine Valley Classic on Saturday. Sophomore Geoff Salas leads the way for IVC with 20 points and is named to the all-tournament team.
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Basketball team has rough night against strong Cerritos squadNovember 16, 2018Cerritos scores the first 11 points on its way to beating Irvine Valley, 76-50, in a semifinal game of the Irvine Valley Classic on Friday night. The Lasers will play in the third-place game on Saturday against Ventura at 3 p.m.
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Men's basketball team gets off to solid start in own tourneyNovember 15, 2018Irvine Valley defeats Imperial Valley, 74-64, in an opening round game of the Irvine Valley Classic on Thursday. The Lasers move on to the semifinals and will take on a tough Cerritos squad in the semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m.
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24th Annual Irvine Valley College Classic tips off ThursdayNovember 14, 2018The Irvine Valley men's basketball team's annual three-day event begins Thursday, Nov. 15 with four games. There will be 12 games total over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. IVC opens at 5 p.m. Thursday vs. Imperial Valley.
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Men's basketball team splits first two games of 2018-19 seasonNovember 09, 2018Irvine Valley loses its opener, 80-50, at Southwestern on Wednesday, but comes back with a 77-64 victory at Cuyamaca on Friday. Freshman Christian Louis leads the way for IVC in both games, scoring 31 total points.