The Irvine Valley men's basketball team got back into the win column on Wednesday.
The Lasers went on the road and defeated Orange Coast, 79-60, in an Orange Empire Conference contest to snap a two-game losing streak.
Irvine Valley was close in both of those previous defeats, falling by four points to Santiago Canyon (73-69) last Wednesday at home and then by two points at Riverside (78-76) last Friday.
IVC is ranked No. 27 in the state and is still tied for third in the OEC standings at 3-2.
Irvine Valley takes on the team it is tied with in the conference standings, Santa Ana, Friday at home at 5 p.m.
IVC (13-6 overall) led at Orange Coast, 37-27, at the half and then out-scored the Pirates, 42-33, in the second half for the 19-point win.
Irvine Valley was paced by freshman center Zeno Calastas, who had his best game of the year. The 6-9 Calstas finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and one block.
Freshman guard Ahmad Alhammouri added 14 points, five rebounds and four assists in the Laser win.
Sophomore guard Sam Meza-Tallada also had 14 points and contributed eight rebounds and three assists and sophomore wing Yanis Aldeguer finshed with 11 points, five rebounds and four steals for the Lasers.
The IVC men's game on Friday against Santa Ana will be streamed here
