Cypress 88, at Riverside 82

(Interstat) — In a tightly contested California junior college men’s basketball game Wednesday night, the visiting Cypress Chargers avenged an earlier loss by holding off the Riverside Tigers 88 to 82. The game, a critical Orange Empire Conference matchup, saw both teams enter and leave with identical 15-11 overall records. The result flipped the script from their Jan. 23 meeting, which Riverside won decisively on Cypress’s home floor. The most important part of the game was Cypress’s ability to maintain a narrow but persistent lead through a high-paced, offensively charged second quarter. Despite Riverside shooting an efficient 50% from the… Read more...