El Toro was the 55-45 winner over Irvine when they last played one another back in November of 2022, but their luck changed this time around. The El Toro Chargers took a 60-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Irvine Vaqueros on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 316th, while the Vaqueros are ranked 99th).
Irvine got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Cooper Stearns out in front who almost dropped a triple-double on 19 points, 19 boards, and nine assists. Stearns' evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Yim, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 17 points.
Chargers
| 12/30/24 vs Irvine | 50-60 |
| 12/28/24 vs Carson | 68-50 |
| 12/27/24 @ Orange | 81-27 |
| 12/26/24 vs South East | 64-37 |
| 12/16/24 vs Woodbridge | 59-43 |
With the loss, El Toro broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-7. As for Irvine, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. El Toro will square off against Tesoro at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Irvine, they will head out to take on Woodbridge at 7:00 p.m. on January 7th. Irvine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.2 points per game this season.
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