Potpourri, Mar 8

News Bits

Michael (West High/Las Positas College/Chico State) Hayes and his Antelope Valley teammates overcome many obstacles—including their college closing down—to win the CalPac Conference championship 99-76 on Monday. As usual, Hayes' contributions loomed large (on eight shots he totaled 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and was credited with 2 steals.)

The senior Hayes also earned conference Player of the Year honors as he also did last season.

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Out of American Canyon High, Stanislaus State's John Wade is the CCAA Player of the Week.

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"...Scott Waterman led his Academy of Art squad to its first PacWest regular season title this year, earning his second PacWest Coach of the Year award. Waterman, in his fifth season in San Francisco, also won the Coach of the Year award in 2021-22, the same season that the Urban Knights won the PacWest tournament. Waterman has guided ART U to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances as they look to make it three in a row in 2023-24. He now has a career record of 77-58 with the Urban Knights..."

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Menlo College is moving into the PacWest Conference beginning next season. 

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"Columbia’s comeback effort falls short in playoff loss to Sacramento City" Guy Dossi

and

"Claim Jumpers fall to Sacramento City 88-84 in regional semifinal" Dominic Massimino

It's not too often that any community college program receives game writeups in two separate area newspapers.

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"Kai Jordan coming off an impressive first round win - 64-48 - versus Cañada College: 

• 12 Pts (8-8 FT)
• 12 Reb 
• 5 Ast 
• 3 Blk
• 2 Stl
• ALL 40 MINUTES PLAYED!!"

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The Claim Jumpers guard then provided 25 points, six rebounds and five assists in an 88-84 victory over very tough Sacramento State. 

The Columbia College guard earned MVP honors for his play in the Central Valley Conference this season. Jordan averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 assists and 4.4 rebounds.

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UC Merced Bobcats: "Congrats to these four Bobcats for earning postseason recognition! Cameron Bishop O'Dowd) Brown is a unanimous All-Cal Pac First Team selection!"

Brown also picked up a CalPac All Defensive team honor.

The others: Chris (San Leandro) Foothill College) Bramah: All CalPac Second Team ... Jaron (Clear Lake High) Mertle: Cal Pac Honorable Mention, Cal Pac Honorable Mention Team, Champions of Character ... Tiler (Folsom High) Fears: Cal Pac All Academic Team

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Simply Basketball: "Brandon Gibson (2024) went all out in his last HS game finishing with 33pts vs San Ramon Valley. A talented do it all guard will be a amazing player for a college program. One of the best unsigned players in California!"

Love the competitive fire in this young man!

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Team Lillard Basketball: "Excited to welcome Jaylen Smith to the Team Lillard Family! A true PG wise beyond his year will be a player to watch out for years to come."

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Game Scores

NCAA scores, Wednesday, Mar 6

• Kentucky 93, Vanderbilt 77 full box score. Ezra (Heritage High/UC Davis) Manjon scored 17 points, earned seven assists and grabbed four rebounds.
• Utah State 90, San Jose State University 70 full box score. Myron (Vacaville High/Scotland Prep) Amey Jr. led the Spartans with 20 points and teammate Alvaro Cardenas posted an 18 point, 10 rebound double-double.
• Lamar 78, Houston Christian 68 full box score Marcus (Archbishop Mitty/Scotland Prep/Sacramento State/Panola College)  Greene enjoyed 17 points and seven boards, the latter despite standing a mere 6-foot-2. Note the basketball context.

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NCAA scores, Thu, March 7

• Pepperdine 102, Pacific 43 full box score. The score was 56-9 at halftime. Pacific shot 25%, 22% and 59% respectively. 
• UC Davis 70, UC San Diego 63 full box score. Elijah Pepper led UCD with 28 points.
• Stanford 80, California 58 full box score. What happened? This should have been much closer.

CCAA scores, Thu, March 7

• Cal State Los Angeles 84, San Francisco State 62 full box score. game report
• Cal State East Bay 84, Chico State 76 full box score

PacWest scores, Thu, Mar 7

• Azuza Pacific 56, Hawai'i Pacific 55 full box score
• Hawai'i Hilo 84, Biola 72 full box score. A 39-18 first half did in Biola.

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