Potpourri, Feb 23

News Bits

Cal Lutheran Kingsmen Basketball: "Please help us welcome the first commit to the 2024 Kingsmen Recruiting Class, Joshua Devore!"

The 6-foot-8 Devore is out of Novato High.

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Ben Spencer: "Congratulations to (Piedmont's) Brit Burden who joined elite company last night scoring his 1,000 point vs. Alhambra (19 pts). He now joins AJ Harris, Jojo Murphy, LJHarris and Luke Barrett. He’s the 5th player in 5 years to go over 1,000 points!!!"

Burden stands 6-foot-6. So that's a freshman at Emory University, a sophomore at Chico State, a junior at Carleton College and a redshirt walk-on sophomore at St. Mary's.

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Britt Wright: "Final score: Modesto Christian 64, Inderkum 56  Leading scorers: Modesto Christian, Gavin Sykes 6’4, 2025, G 19pts, Inderkum: Sincere Hudson 6’2 2027 G, 18pts

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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys Player of the Week: Luke Isaak (San Ramon Valley, Danville) Jr.

East Bay Athletic League rival Granada of Livermore will be glad if it doesn’t have to see Isaak and the Wolves for the rest of the season. The 6-foot-5 junior lit up the Matadors for 25 points when the two State TOP 25 teams faced off in the EBAL playoffs and then last week they played again in the CIF North Coast Section Open Division playoffs. Isaak did even better with 28 points and 10 rebounds as San Ramon Valley moved on with a 77-68 victory.

Isaak and the team’s four-year starting guard, Seamus Deeley, have been as terrific of a 1-2 punch among any teams in Northern California this season. Deeley had 20 points and Isaak 11 when the team won the EBAL title on Feb. 10 with a 68-59 triumph over De La Salle of Concord (which had won earlier over SRV in the regular season).

San Ramon Valley first showed its legitimacy as one of the top teams in Northern California when it ventured down to Southern California in December and captured the Gold Division title at The Classic at Damien. In the championship game vs Dixie of Utah, Isaak canned a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer and finished with 17 points in earning tourney MVP honors. Deeley had 19 points in the same game.

It may be tough for the Wolves to keep their winning ways going on Wednesday in the semifinals of the NCS Open Division since the opponent will be NorCal No. 1 and state No. 6 Salesian of Richmond. They will be in the CIF NorCal regional playoffs (most likely in D1) and in that field could make a deep run similar to the one that Granada went on last year before it lost in the state final to Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks."

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Lakeshow: "Congrats to our own Aidan Crawford on his commitment to Cal Lutheran."

The 6-foot-3 Crawford is out of Davis High.

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Jake Lieberman: "6'11 prospect Deng Majak out of Indian River State Juco updates me about his recruitment.

Offers: UIC, Louisiana Tech, Oakland, UTA, Pacific, Bryant, Missouri State, +

Interests: St. Louis, Loyola Chicago, Arizona State, Boise State &  Liberty..."

Pacific definitely needs size along with greater talent.

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Lakeshow: "Congrats to our own Sam Chavarin on winning WACC Player of the Year 🏆 Sam is currently an unsigned senior who has a 3.8 GPA 📊 He is one of the best available players in his class!!"

Chavarin stands 6-foot-2 and attends Bishop O'Dowd.

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Nick Graves: "Blessed to have received an offer from Brewton-Parker College. Thank you Leonard Epps for the opportunity. All Glory to God"

Brewton-Parker College is located in Georgia. Graves is a 6-foot-3 sophomore at American River College.

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Merritt College's Rashid (Kimball High) Potter has been offered by Indiana University-Columbus. Potter stands 6-foot-6 and is a guard/forward. 

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Jake Lieberman: "Chol Deng out of Grayson Junior College tells me that the latest programs to enter his recruitment are Texas A&M Commerce & Sacramento State. Deng is averaging over 20 PPG in the past seven games."

Deng is a 6-foot-6 sophomore guard out of Australia.

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Salesian Prep's Aaron Claytor has been named the TCAL-Rock Most Valuable Player.

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Game Scores

NCAA scores, Wed, Feb 21

• Pepperdine 89, Pacific 70 full box score

CA Community College scores, Wed, Feb 21

• San Jose City College 89, Foothill College 87 2OT
• College of the Sequoias 54, Fresno City College 43 full box score
• Columbia College 87, West Hills Lemoore College 85
• College of the Siskiyous 80, Feather River College 69 "Dylan Neufeld 27 pts, Landon Ellis 18 pts, Cole Bernius 14 pts Conference Champs and finish 9-1 in conference!"
• College of San Mateo 82, Skyline College 71
• Butte College 82, Lassen College 72
• College of the Redwoods 101, Shasta College 74 CoR box Ty Neff tallied 31 points and 10 boards for the victors.
• City College San Francisco 82, Las Positas College 70 LPC box "Rams win tonight 82-70 over Las Positas. Willie Williams lead the way with 24pts and King Wilhite chipped in with 15pts. This win also sealed the deal for another outright @CoastConferenc1 north title." 
• Cabrillo College 83, Monterey Peninsula College 74
• Ohlone College 77, Cañada College 70 Ohlone sophomore point Jason (Alameda High) Cibull enjoyed 25 points, eight assists and zero turnovers.
• Gavilan College 77, Hartnell College 68

"Columbia, Fresno and Sequoias move into a three way tie for 1st place in the Central Valley Conference with one game to go."

Pacwest Conference, Wed, Feb 21

• Westmont 73, Point Loma 71 full box score

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NCAA scores, Thu, Feb 22

• Northern Colorado 76, Idaho 62 full box score. Quinn (Ballarmine/West Valley College/Cal State San Marcos) Denker led the Vandals with 23 points. He added seven boards and four assists.
• Montana 68, Sacramento State 61 full box score. Te'jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/CCSF) Sawyer led Montana with 14 points while Austin (Sonora High/Wofford) Patterson scored 13 for the Hornets.
• California 81, Oregon State 73 full box score. Fardaws Aimaq tallied 21 points, 11 boards and five assists for Cal. OSU's Jordan (Freedom High/Prolific Prep) Pope led with 23 points.
• UC Davis 66, Cal State Northridge 65 full box score
• Washington State 77, Arizona 74 full box score. Jaylen (Folsom High/Sonoma State) Wells poured in 24 points for the victors, shooting 6-10 from long distance. In the last 24 seconds, Wells buried a trey plus three free throws. Kyle Smith's squad is now 12-4 in conference play.
• Oregon 78, Stanford 65 full box score
• Santa Clara 65, Loyola Marymount 55 full box score. For LMU, Alex (Modesto Christian) Merkviladze posted a 14 point, 13 rebound double-double.

CA Community College scores, Thu, Feb 22

• Los Medanos College 81, Merritt College 69
• Yuba College 88, Napa Valley College 76
• College of Marin 112, Solano College 102 OT
• Contra Costa College 78, College of Alameda 74

CCAA scores, Thu, Feb 22

• Cal State San Bernardino 93, Stanislaus State 50 full box score
• Cal Poly Pomona 72, Cal State Monterey Bay 63 full box score
• Cal State East Bay 89, Cal State San Marcos 83 full box score
• Cal State Los Angeles 81, Cal Poly Humboldt 80 full box score
• San Francisco State 65, Sonoma State 47 full box score
• Chico State 66, Cal State Dominguez Hills 56 full box score

Pacwest Conference Thu, Feb 22

• Academy of Art 83, Dominican 80 full box score
• Hawai'i Pacific 70, Azuza Pacific full box score
• Hawaii Hilo 74, Fresno Pacific 68 full box score

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