Basketball Recap: Make It 11 in a Row for Yucaipa

Thunderbirds

Previous Games

01/09/25 @ Redlands East Valley	69-59
01/07/25 vs Beaumont	60-45
01/03/25 vs Norco	69-67
12/30/24 vs Palm Desert	61-60
12/28/24 vs Arrowhead Christian	59-49
+ 6 more games

Yucaipa entered their tilt with Redlands East Valley on Thursday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They came out on top against the Redlands East Valley Wildcats by a score of 69-59. The Thunderbirds pushed the score to 55-33 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.

Yucaipa got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Malik Young out in front who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten assists. Those ten assists gave Young a new career-high. Jaxon Lerma was another key player, going 6 for 11 on his way to 20 points.

Young wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Yucaipa was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Redlands East Valley only racked up ten assists.

When it comes to explaining why Redlands East Valley lost, don't look at Demaj Moore. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine boards. Moore's evening made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Munar, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 13 points.

Yucaipa has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.4 points per game. As for Redlands East Valley, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-11.

Yucaipa will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Redlands at 7:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Yucaipa's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Redlands has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road. As for Redlands East Valley, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Redlands East Valley Wildcats challenge the Beaumont Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Redlands East Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.7 points per game this season.