Irvine Valley women's basketball players Moka Saiki and Samantha Barnett were recently named to all-Orange Empire Conference teams.
IVC had a record of 16-14 this past season.
Saiki, out of Portola High, was named first team all-conference and Barnett, out of Downey High, was a second-team conference pick.
Saiki started in all 30 games and averaged 12.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. She scored in double figures in 20 contests and had 20 points or more in three games with a season-high 25 points against Allan Hancock on Dec. 20, 2024.
As a freshman in 2024-25, the former Portola High star, helped IVC go 21-8 overall and 12-2 for a second-place finish in the OEC. The Lasers were ranked in the top 10 in So. Cal. all season.
Saiki was selected second-team all-conference.
She averaged 11.0 points and a team-best 1.9 steals per game on the year.
Saiki made 109 total three-pointers in her career at Irvine Valley.
Saiki earned an even bigger honor recently when she was named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Two-Year College All-American Honorable Mention selection.
Barnett was another star for the Lasers. She started in all 30 games for the Lasers and averaged 11.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game.
Barnett scored in double figures in 17 games with a season-high 27 points against Saddleback at home on Feb. 13 in a 72-44 win for the Lasers.
She also grabbed 12 rebounds against El Camino in a 66-32 win at home last November.
