After an impressive start to the season the Irvine Valley men's basketball team entered the California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association state rankings this week.
The Lasers are ranked No. 14 in the state after beginning the year 4-0.
IVC earned two hard-fought victories and won its own 25th Annual San Juan Hills Toyota Classic last week.
Irvine Valley defeated previously ranked Cerritos, 63-59, in the final on Friday.
Sophomore forward Austin Carter was named the tournament most valuable player after finishing with 12 points and eight rebounds.
Sophomore wing Christian Louis was named all-tournament after scoring 13 points and freshman guard JT Robinson, who had a big night in the semifinals, was also named all-tournament after ending with nine points.
It is the first time IVC has been 4-0 to start a campaign since the 2013-14 season. That squad won 12 straight and ended up with a 25-5 record.
Irvine Valley also captured its own IVC tournament for the first time since 2015.
The Lasers will try to keep it going when they travel to San Diego Miramar on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. tipoff.
City College of San Francisco, which is off to a 5-0 start after wins over previous No. 2 San Diego City, No. 13 Yuba, No. 20 Santa Rosa and No. 27 Cabrillo, earned the top spot in this week's CCCMBCA poll.
Santa Monica replaces San Diego City as the south's top-ranked team. The Corsairs are off to a 5-0 start after winning the Gehler Memorial Tournament and going 2-0 at the Citrus Tournament.
Fullerton, the defending state champions, is No. 3 after getting off to a 5-0 start.
Sequoias comes in at No. 4 behind a defense that is allowing the opposition just 66 points a game, 14th best in the state.
Rounding out the top five, is Santiago Canyon, which has a state-leading seven victories. The Hawks started the season ranked No. 26.
The rest of the top 30 of the poll is below.
1. San Francisco, 804 points, 24 first place votes (5-0)
2. Santa Monica, 731, 3 first place votes (5-0)
3. Fullerton, 728 (5-0)
4. Sequoias, 709 (5-0)
5. Santiago Canyon, 689 (7-0)
6. Yuba, 660 (4-1)
7. San Bernardino Valley, 659 (6-1)
8. Las Positas, 645 (4-0)
9. Columbia, 640 (5-0)
10. East Los Angeles, 639 (5-1)
11. Citrus, 635 (5-1)
12. Fresno, 630 (4-2)
13. San Diego City, 628 (5-3)
14. Irvine Valley, 605 (4-0)
15. Allan Hancock, 601 (3-1)
16. West LA, 595 (5-1)
17. Chabot, 560 (4-0)
18. Long Beach City, 547 (3-1)
19. San Joaquin Delta, 534 (4-1)
20. Copper Mountain, 497 (3-2)
21. Santa Rosa, 480 (2-2)
22. Los Angeles Valley, 435 (3-0)
23. Cypress, 430 (3-0)
24. Reedley, 398 (5-0)
25. Chaffey, 375 (3-3)
26. Southwestern, 370 (1-1)
27. Bakersfield, 350 (3-0)
28. Mt. San Jacinto, 348 (3-2)
29. Los Medanos, 320 (3-1)
30. (tie) Desert, 310 (4-2); Saddleback, 310 (2-3); Diablo Valley, 310 (3-1)
