Because of President's Weekend, Irvine Valley's men's basketball team will play this Tuesday and Thursday at home instead of the usual Wednesday and Friday's during Orange Empire Conference action.
IVC hosts Riverside on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in a key conference match-up.
Riverside enters the night's action with a record of 15-9 overall and 7-3 in the Orange Empire Conference.
The Tigers are ranked No. 24 in the state and have been playing well.
Riverside split games last week, falling at No. 1 Fullerton, 83-54, on Wednesday and then defeating Saddleback, 80-54, on Friday at home.
In the win on Friday, five Tigers finished the night in double figures scoring, with Tylon Williams leading the charge with 17 points. Jabari Harris followed with 14 points, Kollen Murphy had 12 points and Kavon Ray and PJ Pounds each chipped in 10 points.
Williams also led RCC with seven boards, helping the Tigers out-rebound Saddleback 37-33.
On the season, Murphy leads the way, averaging 16.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, Pounds averages 11.8 points and 7.7 rebounds, Williams averages 8.3 points and Ray is averaging 7.3 points per game.
Christian Warren also averages 5.5 rebounds for Riverside on the season.
Irvine Valley heads into Wednesday's contest with a mark of 13-11 overall and 3-7 in the OEC.
IVC has dropped five games in a row, several of them tough battles that have went down to the last few minutes.
The Lasers lost a tough one on the road, 76-70, at Santiago Canyon last Friday.
Irvine Valley battled back to within two points late in the contest, but couldn't get any closer. IVC was paced by sophomore post player Matt Mowers, who finished with 22 points and five rebounds.
Freshman guard Ahmad Alhammouri added 15 points and four rebounds and freshman point guard Santos Cordero contributed 14 points for the Lasers.
On the year, Mowers is averaging 15.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
Alhammouri averages 13.6 points and 3.3 rebounds and Yanis Aldeguer is averaging 8.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game for IVC.
The Lasers host Orange Coast Thursday (Feb.12) in their final game of the regular season at 5 p.m.
