University lost against Irvine back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The University Trojans took a 53-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Irvine Vaqueros. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 751st, while the Vaqueros are ranked 114th).
| 01/14/25 vs Irvine | 19 |
| 01/10/25 vs Laguna Beach | 26 |
| 01/07/25 @ St. Margaret's | 19 |
University lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Isaac Evans, who posted 19 points and five boards. Evans is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 19 or more in the last three games he's played. Eli Pretto was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals.
Leading Irvine to victory were Jalen Yim and Cooper Stearns. Yim went 7 for 10 en route to 17 points, while Stearns earned eight points and 15 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Holden Stearns, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points.
University's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-12. As for Irvine, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-2.
University will venture away from home to challenge Woodbridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. University is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.3 points per game this season. As for Irvine, they will host Northwood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Irvine also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 60.5 points per game.
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