Basketball Recap: Redlands East Valley Takes a Loss

Redlands East Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 69-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Yucaipa Thunderbirds. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 537th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 205th).

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. Ethan Munar was another key player, going 5 for 7 on his way to 13 points.

Yucaipa's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Malik Young led the charge by dropping a double-double on 17 points and ten assists. Those ten assists gave Young a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxon Lerma, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 20 points.

Redlands East Valley's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Yucaipa, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 16-3.

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Redlands East Valley Wildcats face off against the Beaumont Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Beaumont has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Yucaipa, they will square off against Redlands at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. 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.