Cypress Chargers star point guard, Tommie Flanagan, signed his national letter of intent to Benedictine University in Mesa, Arizona on Thursday, May 19th. Flanagan will compete at the NAIA level after two years with the Cypress Chargers.
#19 Cypress men's basketball traveled to #3 San Bernardino Valley College for Round 2 of the CCCAA SoCal Regional Playoffs. SBVC (24-5) was tough competition for the Chargers as they came out victorious, 73-56.
#19 Cypress men's basketball (17-12) traveled to the #14 Palomar Comets (18-11) for round one of the CCCAA State Playoffs. The Chargers fought back and came out victorious, 66-63, and will advance to face San Bernardino Valley College on Thursday, March 3rd, at 7pm.
The Orange Empire Conference held their annual end of season meeting on Saturday, February 26th. The nine OEC coaches voted two Cypress Chargers, Tommie Flanagan and Grant Sii, to the All-OEC second team and Trent Goldmann was selected as an honorable mention.
The Cypress Chargers men's basketball team (16-12, 8-8 OEC) will travel for round one of the CCCAA playoffs on Tuesday, March 1, to Palomer College to take on the Comets (18-10). #19 Cypress and #14 Palomar will face off for a chance to advance to round two against #3 San Bernardino College on Thursday, March 3rd. The Chargers and Comets will tip-off at 7pm.
The Cypress Chargers (16-11, 8-7) finished strong in their final home game of the season by taking down the Santa Ana Dons (5-20, 2-13), 95-69, on Wednesday. The Chargers will now look to carry their momentum into the final game of the season before heading into the playoffs.
The Cypress Chargers (15-11, 7-7 OEC) hosted conference-rival Fullerton (22-2, 12-1 OEC) on Monday night. The Chargers led all game and took the Hornets down to final two minutes, but came up just short 64-57.
The Cypress Chargers (15-10, 7-6 OEC) faced off against the Golden West Rustlers (6-17, 1-11 OEC) in their second matchup this season. Cypress defeated Golden West 88-80 in a back and forth offensive battle.
The Cypress Chargers (14-10, 6-6 OEC) hosted the Irvine Valley Lasers (16-7, 8-4 OEC) in their second matchup this season. The Chargers led for the majority of the game, but the Lasers came out on top defeating Cypress, 46-44.
The Cypress men’s basketball team (12-6, 4-2 OEC) defeated the Santiago Canyon Hawks (14-2, 4-1 OEC), 79-70 to hand them their first OEC loss of the season.
Up until Monday night, the Cypress Chargers (11-6, 3-2) had not beaten the Saddleback Bobcats (10-7, 2-3) 24 games in a row, dating all the way back to Jan. 18, 2018.
The Cypress Chargers (10-6, 2-2 OEC) traveled to Golden West College (5-9, 0-3 OEC) on Friday afternoon to take on the Rustlers in their first match up this season. Coach Andrew Alhadeff earned his 100th victory as head coach of the Chargers in a 99-71 win over the Rustlers.
The Chargers Men’s basketball team (9-6, 1-2 OEC) hosted the Orange Coast Pirates (4-8, 0-2 OEC) on Wednesday night in a commanding 104-68 victory, securing their first conference win of the season.
The Cypress men’s basketball team (8-5, 0-1 OEC) hosted Saddleback College (8-4, 1-0 OEC) on Wednesday night in their first conference match-up of the season. Though Cypress led the majority of the game, they fell after a late comeback by the Bobcats, 70-68.
Cypress men's basketball (8-4) hit the road to take on #23 College of the Canyons (6-3) in their final game before conference play. The Chargers took it to the Cougars as they came up with the victory on the road, 86-73.
Cypress men's basketball (6-4) traveled to Monterey, CA for a three day tournament where they faced Diablo Valley, Monterey Peninsula, and Foothill and finished with a 2-1 record on the weekend. Cypress secured 3rd place and guard, Ramiah Adedigba, was selected to the All-Tournament team.
The Cypress men’s basketball team (4-3) defeated the Long Beach Vikings (1-4) in a come-from-behind victory on their home floor Wednesday night, 86-84.
The Cypress Chargers men's basketball team look to prepare for the upcoming season as they travel to Irvine for a 3-day showcase at the So Cal Fall Juco Jamboree. The Jamboree will consist of three scrimmages, starting on Friday, September 17th and ending on Sunday, September 19th. The long weekend should give Head Coach Drew Alhadeff an idea of what to expect for this upcoming season. "I am extremely excited to watch our guys play," Coach Alhadeff says, "they have have been training hard all off-season and our focus in these scrimmages will be defending and rebounding. Our guys have been competing every day against each other, so it will be good to see how they match up against opposing teams."
Cypress athletics would like to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by sharing the career of Cypress men's basketball alum and recently promoted Army Ranger, Isaac Stell. Isaac played for the Chargers during the 2018-19 season and is currently an Infantryman in the 75th Ranger Regiment based out of Fort Benning, Georgia.