St. Margaret lost against Irvine last Tuesday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The St. Margaret's Tartans were outmatched by the Irvine Vaqueros and fell 74-42. While losing is never fun, the Tartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 853rd, while the Vaqueros are ranked 123rd).
Cooper Stearns was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 23 points and 16 rebounds for Irvine. The contest was Stearns' fifth in a row with at least ten points. Taewon Kim was another key player, going 5 of 6 en route to 12 points and five boards.
St. Margaret's dropped their record down to 8-18 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Irvine, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-2.
St. Margaret's will take on University at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Margaret's is facing University at the right time seeing as University is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Irvine, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Woodbridge at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Irvine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61 points per game this season.
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