Potpourri, Feb 5

News Bits

Deundrae Perteete Jr.: "Grateful and blessed to receive a basketball scholarship offer from Cal State East Bay! Excited for the opportunity to continue my athletic and academic journey."

A 2024 talent out of Salesian Prep, he stands 6-foot-6 and owns a 4.33 GPA. Here's our earlier feature.

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Caleb Asante: "Blessed to receive an offer from Pacific University! Thank you Coach Lunt, Coach Hellstrom and the rest of the staff for believing in me."

Here's our Caleb Asante feature.

He's a 6-foot-5 lefty with a live body. Pacific University is just west of Portland.

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Jake Lieberman: "Victor Desmond (6-foot-7, 190) out of Des Moines Area Junior College is hearing from the following, I'm told:

• North Dakota
• CSU-Pueblo
• Wisconsin-Parkside
• Cal State East Bay
• Roberts Wesleyan
• Tiffin 
• Missouri Western
• Bemidji State
• Minot State
• Missouri S&T"

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Connor Amundsen: "I am blessed and excited to announce that I am committed to playing Division 1 basketball at Dartmouth College after going through the admissions process! Thank you to all the Coaches who recruited me and to the Dartmouth Coaching Staff for believing in me! Go Big Green!"

Good for Connor whose 6-foot-0 stature kept higher level programs away. They will soon see the error of their judgment.

Here's our earlier feature on Amundsen.

Just saw that Dartmouth Coach David McLaughlin may be on the proverbial hot seat. The program hasn't enjoyed a winning record since the 1998–99 season (14-12). He is in his seventh year with a 61-122 overall record coming into this season.

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Freshman guard Miles Amos is the Ram of the Week at City College San Francisco

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"Tony Snell’s mission to return to NBA is bigger than just basketball"

Snell has made millions but wants healthcare for his sons. Interesting.

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In 23 games/starts and 33 minutes an outing, 6-foot-3 St. Mary's sophomore Aidan (Campolindo High) Mahaney is averaging 14.1 points per game this season, shooting 39%, 34% and 82% respectively. The guard is grabbing 2.2 rebounds a contest with 61 assists versus 34 turnovers and 22 steals.

At the beginning of the season, I would have predicted a higher points per game average alongside a much higher overall shooting percentage. He is surrounded by quality teammates but none are likely headed to the NBA. So maybe Mahaney needs one or two of the Gaels to be must-guard-or-he'll-go-off talents in order to get more open or possibly he has simply experienced a shooting slump through most of 2023-24.

He shot 7-17, 4-10, 2-2 respectively on Saturday night versus host Gonzaga for a team high 20 points.

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Game Scores

NCAA scores, Fri, Feb 2

• Nevada 90, San Jose State University 60 full box score. It was over at the half 49-24.

CA Community College scores, Fri, Feb 2

• Gavilan College 70, Monterey Peninsula College 63
• Santa Rosa Junior College 71, San Joaquin Delta College 64
• Cosumnes River College 60, Sierra College 55  
• West Valley College 76, San Jose City College 70
• American River College 88, Modesto Junior College 70
• Diablo Valley College 76, Folsom Lake College 71 DVC box score
• Las Positas College 80, Skyline College 76 LPC box score For the victors, Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley blasted off for 41 points (15-27, 8-11, 3-4 shooting). 
• Cañada College 76, Chabot College 72 OT Chabot box score
• San Francisco City College 100, College of San Mateo 68
• Cabrillo College 96, Hartnell College 60
• Solano College 77, Merritt College 75
• College of Marin 83, College of Alameda 71
• Los Medanos College 91, Contra Costa College 83
• Mendocino College 85, Napa Valley College 66

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NCAA scores, Sat, Feb 3

• California 81, Arizona State 66 full box score. Fardaws Aimaq double doubled via 20 points and 14 boards plus dished out five assists.
• Vanderbilt 68, Missouri 61 full box score. Ezra (College Park High/UC Davis) Manjon led Vandy with both 17 points and four assists. 
• Cal Poly 62, UC Davis 59 full box score. 6-foot UCD freshman Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla tallied 10 points in eights minutes, shooting 4-4 overall, 2-2 from long distance.
• San Diego 70, Santa Clara 59 full box score
• Portland State 58, Sacramento State full box score
• Idaho 81, Montana State 75 full box score
• Washington State 90, Washington 87 OT full box score. Jaylen Folsom High/Sonoma State) Wells finished with 19 points for WSU.
• San Francisco 79, Pacific 73 full box score. Ryan (Dougherty Valley High) Beasley tallied 14 points and added six assists for the victors.
• UC Irvine 93, Hawai'i 68 full box score For UH, Jovon (Salesian Prep/Sheridan) McClanahan scored 16 points alongside five assists.
• St. Mary's 64, Gonzaga 62 full box score. Aidan (Campolindo) Mahaney shot 7-17 on his way to 20 points.

CA Community College scores, Sat, Feb 3

• Shasta College  , Lassen College POSTPONED
• College of the Redwoods 93, Feather River College 66
• College of the Seqouias 75, Columbia College 62
• College of the Siskiyous 77, Butte College 76 COS box. Jose Cuello of COS went for 33 points plus 12 rebounds.
• Reedley College 78, West Hills Coalinga 70 full box score
• Fresno City College 100, Merced College 78 

CCAA scores, Sat, Feb 3t     full box score

• Cal State Dominguez Hills 82, Stanislaus State 77 full box score. Mahda (Moreau Catholic) Fallay provided 15 points, six boards and four assists in the losing cause.
• Cal State Los Angeles 86, Cal State Monterey Bay 65 full box score. Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell tallied 23 points and seven assists in the victory.
• Cal State San Bernardino 80, Cal State San Marcos 61 full box score
• Chico State 84, San Francisco State 65 full box score
• Sonoma State 55, Cal Poly Pomona 53 full box score
• Cal State East Bay 83, Cal Poly Humboldt 68 full box score

PacWest Conference scores, Sat, Feb 3

• Dominican 86, Azuza Pacific 77 full box score
• Westmont 80, UC Santa Cruz 67 full box score
• Academy of Art 95, Point Loma 86 full box score
• Hawai'i Hilo 69, Chaminade 65 full box score
• Hawai'i Pacific 66, Fresno Pacific 50 full box score

California Pacific Conference scores, Sat, Feb 3

• UC Merced 76, La Sierra 67 full box score. Guard Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown led Merced with 24 points, plus seven boards, six assists and three steals.
• Antelope Valley 92, Simpson 72 full box score. For AV, Michael  (West High/Las Positas College/Chico State) Hayes enjoyed 19 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and five steals.

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NCAA scores, Sun, Feb 4

• Arizona 82, Stanford 71 full box score Keshad Johnson played just 18 minutes -- is he ill, did he suffer an injury or just wasn't needed much today?
• Illinois 87, Nebraska 84 OT full box score. For the Illini, Coleman (Woodcreek High/Prolific Prep) Hawkins went for 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

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