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Potpourri, Jan 26

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Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (CA):

"had 3 players selected as McDonald’s All-Americans for the Class of 2024. 6’7” Senior Forward Derrion Reid (Grovetown, GA), 6’11” Senior Center Aiden Sherrell (Detroit, MI), and 6’4” Senior Point Guard Zoom Diallo (Tacoma, WA) were all selected as a 2024 McDonald's All-American. Derrion, Aiden, and Zoom will be 3 of 24 players playing on April 2nd in Houston, (TX) at the Toyota Center in the 48th McDonald’s All-American game. Only 46 McDAA games have been played due to 2020 and 2021 games being cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic.

Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (Napa, CA) Senior Derrion Reid (Grovetown, GA) is the 10th Prolific Prep player in the past 9 years to be selected to the prestigious McDAA game. Derrion joins his current teammates Aiden Sherrell and Zoom Diallo as McDonald’s All-Americans in this year’s 2024 class. Derrion has led his team to a 16-1 overall record prior to injuring his knee in late December. Derrion had started all 17 games to that point in the season. Derrion is on track to returning to the lineup sometime in February. Derrion is an elite student (3.75 PA).

Derrion who is a University of Alabama commit was averaging 16.5 PPG, 5.5 APG, and 7.0 RPG, 2.5 BPG, 1.0 SPG, 47% FG (38% 3 PT-FG) this season. Derrion had a fantastic summer with Team Thad (TN) on the NIKE EYBL circuit where he led Team Thad to a 1st place regular season finish. He then led them into the Peach Jam. Derrion averaged 17.9 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.1 APG, during the regular NIKE EYBL season prior to Peach Jam and he shot 57% from the field.

Derrion played for 3 seasons at Grovetown High School in Grovetown, GA for Coach Darren Douglas. In 2020-21 Derrion was HM Region 3 6A. In 2021-22 Derrion was 2nd Team Region 3 6A and won the state championship that year. In 2022-23 Derrion was Region 3 6A Player of the Year, Defensive player of the Year, and 6A 1st Team All-State. In 3 years Derrion was 1,000 point scorer. Derrion was a NBAP100 camp participant this past summer in Orlando, FL. Derrion’s mother Marie Reid was a standout basketball player at the University of Memphis and has done an incredible job raising Derrion.

Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (Napa, CA) Senior Aiden Sherrell (Detroit, MI) is the 11th Prolific Prep player in the past 9 years to be selected to the prestigious McDAA game. Aiden joins his current teammates Derrion Reid and Zoom Diallo as cDonald’s All-Americans in this year’s 2024 class. Aiden has led his team to a 21-3 overall record to date. Aiden has started all 24 games o far this year. Aiden who is a University of Alabama commit is averaging 12 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.0 BPG, so far this season.

Aiden had a fantastic summer with Vegas Elite (NV) on the NIKE EYBL circuit where he led Vegas Elite to the Peach Jam championship game. Aiden averaged 12.0 PPG, 4.9 RPG during the regular NIKE EYBL season prior to Peach Jam. Aiden bumped up his averages in 8 Peach Jam games where he averaged 14.5 PPG and 5.8 RPG. Aiden was a NBAP100 camp participant this past summer in Orlando, FL. Aiden’s mother Latoya Lenear did a fantastic job raising Aiden, and Aiden’s two brothers Austin and Ashton were huge mentors and coaches throughout his young life.

Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (Napa, CA) Senior Zoom Diallo (Tacoma, WA) is the 12th Prolific Prep player in the past 9 years to be selected to the prestigious McDAA game. Zoom joins his current teammates Derrion Reid and Aiden Sherrell as McDonald’s All-Americans in this year’s 2024 class. Zoom has led his team to a 21-3 overall record to date. Zoom has started all 24 games so far this year. Zoom who is a University of Washington commit is averaging 14 PPG, 5.5 APG, 4.0 RPG, 1.0 SPG so far this season. Zoom had a fantastic summer with Beauchamp Elite (WA) on the Adidas 3SSB circuit where he led Beauchamp Elite to their first ever season on the Adidas circuit. Zoom averaged 19.5 PPG, 7 APG, 5 RPG this summer with Beauchamp Elite.

Zoom played his first 3 years of High School at Curtis High School in Tacoma, WA where he played for coach Tim Kelly. Zoom led Curtis High School to back to back State Championships, was a 2 Time State MVP, MaxPreps Washington Player of the Year, Washington Gatorade Player of the Year. Zoom also was selected to the NBAP 100 Camp this past summer and was selected to participate in the Adidas Euro Camp in Italy this past summer. Zoom was also a participant at the USA Basketball October Mini-Camp this past October.

Zoom’s parents Siaka and Adja Diallo are from the Ivory Coast. Siaka and Adja did a fantastic job raising Zoom who is an elite student with a 3.85 GPA, and Zoom’s two brothers Sindou and Ibrahim were huge mentors throughout Zoom’s life.

Derrion, Aiden, and Zoom are the 10th, 11th, and 12th players from Prolific Prep of Napa Christian (Napa, CA) to be named McDonald’s All-American since 2016. They join former Prolific Prep (Napa, CA) players Aden Holloway in the class of 2023, MJ Rice and Adem Bona in the class of 2022, Nathan Bittle in the class of 2021, Jalen Green and Nimari Burnett in the Class of 2020, Jordan Brown in the Class of 2018, Gary Trent Jr. in the Class of 2017, and Josh Jackson in the Class of 2016 as fellow McDonald All-Americans from Prolific Prep (CA).

Derrion, Aiden, and Zoom are Prolific Prep of Napa Christian’s Head Coach Ryan Bernardi 4th McDonald’s All-Americans. Ryan has led Prolific Prep of Napa Christian to a 35-2 record in his first year as Head Coach of the Crew. This is the 4th time in the history of the McDonald’s All-American game where 3 teammates were selected in the same year joining IMG’s 2018-2019 team, Montverde’s 2019-2020 team, and this year’s Montverde’s 2023-2024 team.

Prolific Prep of Napa Christian’s school principal is Justine Leonie and assistant principal is Darren Smith.

Prolific Prep McDonald’s All-Americans:

  • 2024 Aiden Sherrell McDAA (Alabama)
  • 2024 Derrion Reid McDAA (Alabama)
  • 2024 Zoom Diallo McDAA (Washington)
  • 2022 MJ Rice McDAA (Kansas)
  • 2022 Adem Bona McDAA (UCLA)
  • 2021 Nate Bittle McDAA (Oregon)
  • 2020 Jalen Green McDAA (G League/Houston Rockets)
  • 2020 Nimari Burnett McDAA (Texas Tech/Alabama)
  • 2018 Jordan Brown McDAA (Nevada Reno/Arizona)
  • 2017 Gary Trent Jr. McDAA (Duke/Portland Trailblazers)
  • 2016 Josh Jackson McDAA (Kansas/Phoenix Suns)"

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"College basketball refs let coaches walk onto court and touch opponents mid-play"

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Trilly Donovan: "Some early names expected to make the rounds at DePaul:

  • Josh Schertz - Indiana State>
  • Bryce Drew - Grand Canyon>
  • Bryan Mullins - Southern Illinois
  • Will Wade - McNeese State
  • Bobby Hurley - Arizona State"

My take: Drew is limited in any national impact at Grand Canyon but has a great setup with students packing the stands. Schertz and Mullins have no name impact but could surprisingly get the dismal DePaul program going since each has their low major programs succeeding. Will Wade is a winner but has too much very recent NCAA investigation baggage. Bobby Hurley hasn't done much as #2 in the state of Arizona (74-74 in league play overall) so why would he succeed in Chicago? No Black coaches either heading a program or assisting at one are named here. Hmmm.

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Chabot Basketball: "Gladiator Basketball is excited about the commitment of (Lewis & Clark Univ/ Bishop O'Dowd HS) 6’3 G Amos Hodgson. Amos is a hi level 2 way guard with IQ who can defend, score, and shoot the 3 at a hi %!"

Known as a three-point shooter in high school—8 in one game—Hodgson should be able to come in with freshman athletic eligibility since he attended Lewis & Clark for just the first semester and it looks like he participated in just one game.

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"Claim Jumpers' comeback falls short in 69-66 loss to Merced"

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Chabot Basketball: "Gladiator Alum PG Isaiah Veal just put up career high of 37 pts in a win for Spring Hill College! Isaiah in 15 games is averaging 15.8ppg, 36% from the 3, 3.1rpg, 2.3asg 85% ft"

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6-foot-7, 225 Keshad (San Leandro High/Envision Academy) Johnson is at Arizona this season and in 18 games/starts and 26 minutes a game, he is averaging 11.4 points and 6.4 rebounds an outing while shooting 55%, 36% and 78% respectively. He has 13 blocked shots. Johnson is the first in his family to graduate from college, earning a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Communications, Sociology and Recreational Management from San Diego State.

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Game Scores

NCAA scores, Jan, Wed 24

  • Northwestern 96, Illinois 91 OT full box score. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep) Hawkins finished with 22 points and 13 boards.
  • Washington State 79, Utah 57 full box score
  • New Mexico 95, San Jose State University 75 full box score. Myron Amey Jr. finished with 24 points, nine boards and four assists.

MBCCCAA scores, Jan, Wed 24

  • West Valley College 91, Gavilan College 67
  • Folsom Lake College 79, Sierra College 52 Sierra box score
  • West Hills Lemoore 81, Fresno City College 74
  • Columbia College 72, Porterville College 67
  • College of the Sequoias 102, West Hills Coalinga 69 WHC boxscore. A 53-28 first half did the trick.
  • Los Medanos College 71, Merritt College 61
  • Feather River College 57, Butte 54 full box score
  • Chabot College 91, Las Positas College 76 Chabot box score For Chabot, Zach Broadous exploded for 31 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out five assists, all team highs. 
  • Cabrillo College 76, Foothill College 75
  • San Francisco City College 63, Skyline College 47 CCSF box score
  • College of Alameda 72, Contra Costa College 71
  • College of the Redwoods 93, College of the Siskiyous 73 Redwoods box score
  • College of San Mateo 71, Ohlone College 66
  • Monterey Peninsula College 78, Hartnell College 65
  • College of Marin 81, Solano College 69 full box score
  • Yuba College 88, Napa Valley College 58
  • Merced College 72, Reedley College 68

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NCAA scores, Jan, Thu 25

  • Gonzaga 77, San Francisco 72 full box score. The game was basically tied (31-30) at halftime.
  • Santa Clara 94, Pepperdine 71 full box score. A 54-39 second half broke the game wide open.
  • St. Mary's 76, Pacific 28 full box score. Pacific scored 14 points in each 20 minutes.
  • Oregon State 83, Arizona 80 full box score. 6-foot-2 sophomore Jordan (Freedom High/Prolific Prep) Pope buried a three at the buzzer for OSU. He finished with 31 points. Keshad (San Leandro High/Envision Academy) Johnson scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Wildcats.
  • UC Santa Barbara 78, Hawai'i 61 full box score

CCAA scores, Jan, Thu 25

  • San Francisco State 72, Stanislaus State 42 full box score. Jailen (Mountain View High/Gavilan College) Daniel-Dalton enjoyed 13 points, 10 boards and three assists.
  • Chico State 95, Cal State San Marcos 61 full box score
  • Cal State East Bay 82, Cal State Monterey Bay 66 full box score
  • Cal State San Bernardino 73, Cal State Los Angeles 70 full box score
  • Cal State Dominguez Hills 101, Cal Poly Pomona 87 OT full box score. CSDH outscored CPP 14-0 in overtime.
  • Cal Poly Humboldt 66, Sonoma State 64 full box score

Pacwest Conference scores, Jan, Thu 25

California Pacific Conference scores, Jan, Thu 25

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