Potpourri, Jan 31

News Bits

Clovis North's 6-foot wizard Connor Amundsen has decided on an Ivy League school, Dartmouth College, located in New Hampshire. What a great get for Coach David McLaughlin. The team is currently 5-12, 1-3

Alec Nolan: "Clovis North's Connor Amundsen has verbally committed to play basketball at Dartmouth."

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"80 Next Up: Grassroots, HS, & More"

There is a large number of Nor Cal coaches and trainers honored here.

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In 20 games, 14 starts and 27 minutes a contest, 5-foot-10 senior Jaden (Salesian Prep/Independence CC) McClanahan is averaging 7.6 points an outing and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 34%, 29% and 75% respectively. His assist to turnover ratio is 58/32 alongside 18 steals. Every coach wants and needs a shooter.

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Cuesta College's 6-foot-4 Drew Arduoin may deserve the mantle of the best long distance shooter in the California juco ranks this season. He certainly is in the running. In 21 games, he is shooting 45% from three-point range, better than his 44% overall plus 90% at the foul line. Ardouin is averaging 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists. He has 80 treys in 21 games.

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John Bynum Jr.: "Full STLB Norcal Rankings:

1. West Valley 21-0
2. Chabot 17-4
3. Yuba 19-2
4. Cabrillo 19-2
5. San Francisco 16-5
6. Merced 17-3
7. Sacramento 19-2
8. Columbia 17-3
9. Sequoias 16-4
10. San Jose 16-5
11. Santa Rosa 15-6
12. West Hills Lemoore 14-5
13. Los Medanos 13-7
14. Ohlone 13-8
15. Skyline 16-6

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"West Valley Continues Its Undefeated Run, Remains No. 1

For the sixth straight poll, West Valley locks down the top ranking"

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"Corsairs score season-high 95 points in road win at Shasta"

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Joe Tipton: "2025 Top-20 recruit Tounde Yessoufou tells me he’s hearing from these 10 schools the most often. The 6-6 SF says he is currently working on scheduling visits to Arizona and Cal..."

Cal Coach Mark Madsen will have his work cut out for him considering UCLA, Stanford, Arizona and Kansas are also vying for this young man. But he made the top 10 and still being in the running gives him a shot.

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Game Scores

No games to cover on Monday.

NCAA scores, Tue, Jan 29

• Texas Christian 85, Texas Tech 78 full box score. Chance (Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon University) McMillian shot 7-13 overall, 5-9 from long distance in scoring 19 points. 
• Utah State 82, San Jose State University 61 full box score. 6-foot-8, 250 Great Osobor lived up to his first name for USU with 31 points as the Spartans struggled again in defending a bulky big. He shot 19 free throws.

CA Community College scores, Tue, Jan 29

• Cosumnes River College 72, Modesto Junior College 59
• Santa Rosa Junior College 70, Sacramento City College 69 SRJC is en fuego, having won six in a row and seven of its last eight.
• San Joaquin Delta College 79, Folsom Lake College 70 Delta MensBball: "Dayton Magana lead the way with 28 points. Dom Perasso added 23 points and 8 rebounds. Delta is 7-2 in Big 8 and 11-10 overall.
• American River College 63, Sierra College 50

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