Potpourri, Feb 9

News Bits

"Vikings remain at top spot and unbeaten"

West Valley College faces Cabrillo on the road Friday, February 9. The Seahawks are the only team remaining on the regular season schedule with a even a smidgen of a chance of defeating the Vikings.

Plus: West Valley College Men's Basketball: "Making history."

Hit the link above.

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Do we title this 'the only way to beat Zach Edey on the tip' or 'what else could the referees be watching when this intentional foul took place' or 'hold, what hold? I was massaging his precious arm.'

Go here for the photo of the 'hold.'

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Barnett with a jump shot (who's that tall guy defending him?)

"Amazing HBCU Basketball Team Seeks Recognition That's 65 Years Overdue. The Tigers of Tennessee A&I University were the first college team to win three consecutive championships"

Let's hope this happens. Dick Barnett mainly played for the Knicks and possessed a great fadeaway jumper.

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"St. John's coach Rick Pitino endorses salary cap for college basketball"

Much more needs to be known about this before commenting. Pitino's proposed salary cap is separate from any NIL per school pot of gold.

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In 21 games/starts and 26 minutes a game, 6-foot-11, 260 redshirt sophomore Dishon St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Washington State) Jackson is averaging 11.2 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 53%, 14% and 70% respectively alongside 23 blocked shots for Charlotte.

The talk of him not playing this season due to injury has certainly proven false.

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6-foot-3 junior Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame High/Chico State (redshirted Chico State/CCSF/University of Alberta) Vaughns returned from Canada and signed with Sacramento State. He is on the Hornet roster but has not played this season so he is likely redshirting.

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6-foot-5 Omari (San Jose State University) Moore is playing in the G League for the 905 Raptors and averaging 7.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 12 games and 21 minutes per contest. Moore is shooting 44%, 35% and 70% respectively.

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Caden Ward of St. Mary's (Stockton) has committed to D2 Colorado Mesa University located in Grand Junction.

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Connor Amundsen is now the Clovis North High all-time scoring leader with 1,326 and counting.

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In 22 games/five starts and 17+ minutes per contest, 6-foot-5 USC sophomore guard Oziyah (Modesto Christian/Southern California Academy) Sellers is averaging 6.8 points per outing while shooting remarkably with 48%, 45% and 83% accuracies respectively. His playing time has increased of late due to the injury of Isaiah Collier and he has stepped up accordingly.

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Game Scores

NCAA game scores, Wed, Feb 7

  • UCLA 82, Stanford 74 full box score
  • California 83, USC 77 OT full box score. Cal's Fardaws Aimaq pulled down 20 rebounds while scoring 15 points.

CA Community College scores, Wed, Feb 7

  • Skyline College 84, Ohlone College 67
  • College of San Mateo 81, Cañada College 66
  • College of the Sequoias 66, Merced College 57 full box score. For COS, 6-foot-9, 245 Jaylon Lee grabbed 15 rebounds and scored 13 points on just three attempts from the floor. He went 9-11 at the foul line. Plus, he blocked four shot attempts. Sequoias was down 33-21 at the half.
  • Foothill College 79, Monterey Peninsula College 70
  • West Hills Coalinga  , Columbia College POSTPONED
  • Los Medanos College 93, Napa Valley College 78
  • Lassen College 93, Feather River College 89 FRC box score. FRC's Derrick Monroe exploded for 30 points, one third of his team's total.
  • Butte College 84, Shasta College 69
  • Cabrillo College 85, San Jose City College 74
  • West Valley College 91, Hartnell College 52
  • City College San Francisco 84, Chabot College 80
  • Mendocino College 97, Solano College 70
  • Merritt College 86, College of Marin 73
  • Yuba College 113, College of Alameda 70

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NCAA game scores, Thu, Feb 8

  • Hawai'i 90, UC San Diego 86 full box score
  • San Francisco 80, Pepperdine 74 full box score
  • Washington State 64, Oregon State 58 full box score. Jaylen (Folsom High/Sonoma State) Wells went for 24 points for the victors. He shot 6-8 from long distance and contributed seven boards.
  • Idaho State 68, Sacramento State 40 full box score
  • UC Davis 71, Cal State Fullerton 58 full box score
  • Montana 94, Northern Arizona 66 full box score. Te'jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/CCSF) Sawyer enjoyed 15 points plus four rebounds.
  • Arizona 105, Utah 99 3OT full box score. Keshad (Envision Academy/San Leandro High/Prolific Prep/San Diego State) Johnson went for 17 points and nine boards, six on the offensive side.

CA Community College scores, Thu Feb 8

  • Siskiyous College 68, College of the Redwoods 62

CCAA scores, Thu, Feb 8

Pacwest Conference scores, Thu, Feb 8

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