The Cypress boys basketball team scored 10 consecutive points in overtime to beat La Habra 64-55 in a Crestview League game Tuesday at Cypress High.
Cypress (15-7, 1-1) led by 14 in the second half, but La Habra (15-5, 1-1) rallied to force overtime.
Ryan Gov led Cypress with 18 points. Gavin Kroll had 13 points and Emmanuel Igbekoyi added 12.
Acen Jimenez scored 23 points for La Habra, including the game-tying basket in the final minute of regulation. Josh Desatoff added 17 points.
La Habra hosts first-place Crean Lutheran on Friday.
Cypress will play on the road against Canyon on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
In other games Tuesday:
In the Freeway League:
Sonora 70, Yorba Linda 64: Jayden Barnes and Tyler Holmquist led Sonora to a home win over Yorba Linda.
Barnes scored 18 points and had four steals for Sonora (16-5, 2-0). Holmquist had 18 points, made three 3-pointers and had a team-high seven rebounds.
Kyle Baek added 16 points for the Raiders and Luca Pirona had nine.
Josh Willerer had a double-double for Yorba Linda (8-12, 0-1) with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Jake Waters had 14 points and Dante Lewis added 13.
El Dorado 59, Villa Park 57: Noah Barker scored 22 points for El Dorado in the win over Villa Park.
Elias Rodarte had 13 points for El Dorado (17-2, 2-0). Evan Nam had nine points and Jack Boettner added eight.
Barker drew a charging foul on Villa Park (12-10, 0-2) to end the game.
In the Pacific Coast League:
Irvine 43, Woodbridge 37: Irvine held Woodbridge (12-7, 0-1) to its second-lowest scoring total of the season in the league opener for both teams.
Chase Brito had a game-high 22 points for Irvine (10-9, 1-0). Jalen Yim and Shawn Rahimi each added six points for the Vaqueros.
University 63, St. Margaret’s 48: University outscored St. Margaret’s 21-6 in the third quarter to win its Pacific Coast League opener.
Nader Chalan had 20 points with eight rebounds and five assists for University (5-12, 1-0). Abdallah Shami had 13 points and 19 rebounds.
The Trojans have won four of their last five games.
In the Orange League:
Century 44, Magnolia 25: Century snapped its seven-game losing streak with a rout of Magnolia in the league opener.
Julien Servin led Century (4-9, 1-0) with 12 points. Aiden Barrera and Sergio Marin each added 10 points for the Centurions.
In nonleague games:
Servite 62, St. Anthony 56: Jake Schutt had 26 points and 12 rebounds for Servite in a road win over St. Anthony.
Tariq Johnson had 11 points for Servite (16-5). Hugh Hannan had nine points with seven assists and Carlos Galvan added eight points with 10 rebounds.
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