Beaumont lost against Yucaipa on January 7th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Beaumont Cougars took a 56-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Yucaipa Thunderbirds. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 536th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 198th).
Malik Young was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 17 en route to 23 points and five boards for Yucaipa. Young's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kevin Reis, who posted ten points and eight rebounds.
Beaumont has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-13 record this season. As for Yucaipa, the win (which was their 15th in a row) raised their record to 20-3.
Beaumont will head out on the road to challenge Citrus Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Carmine Amaya and Timothy Pilao. As for Yucaipa, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 73-49 loss against Oak Hills on the 25th.
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