Posted: Jan 10, 2014
Pirates fall behind early, lose to Lasers
Orange Coast
(6-12, 0-1)
52
Irvine Valley
(17-1, 2-0)
72
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Orange Coast (6-12, 0-1) | 26 | 26 | 52 |
|
Irvine Valley (17-1, 2-0) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
The Orange Coast College men's basketball team dropped its Orange Empire Conference opener on Friday at Irvine Valley College, 72-52.
Orange Coast (6-12) fell behind early, but got to within 28-20 after two free throws by Devaun Evans with 6:28 left to play in the opening half.
IVC (17-2, 2-0) led, 37-26, at halftime.
The Lasers out-rebounded Orange Coast, 26-10, in the opening half.
Orange Coast came out strong early in the second half. The Pirates scored the first five points. A basket by Spencer Poston pulled the Pirates within 37-31 two minutes into the half.
But IVC then stretched its lead to 51-37 with 13:42 left.
Orange Coast got within nine points one more time, but Irvine Valley put the game away with a 9-0 run.
The Pirates got 10 points and three steals from Poston and nine points apiece from Evans, Noah Prouse and Lafayette Kittrell. Evans also had five steals and Prouse contributed four blocks.
The Pirates shot 31.1 percent (14 of 45) from the field for the game.
Coast will host Cypress on Wednesday night, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
