Potpourri, Nov 29

News Bits

Wednesday, Nov 29, NCAA scores

San Jose State University 82, Long Beach State 66 box. SJSU kicked sand in the faces of the Long Beach State program after being tied at 34 late in the first 20 minutes. The Spartans have a three-game winning streak.

California 81, Mercyhurst 55 box. 6-foot-1 freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson did it again with a team best 25 points for the Bears. He shot 9-12, 6-8 and 1-2 respectively.

Pacific 83, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71 box. As expected, Elijah Fisher was in the lead for the host Tigers with 28 points. 6-foot-7 teammate Elias Ralph also played large and efficient with 18 points (5-9 overall shooting, 0-2 on treys and 8-8 at the foul line), 13 boards, seven assists and a pair of blocked shots. For APB, 6-foot-5 Dante (McAteer High/Antioch High/Salesian Prep/CCSF/North Idaho CC) Sawyer ended with 16 points, five rebounds, two steals and two assists. He shot 6-10, 2-3 and 2-2 respectively and likely had family in the stands.

Sacramento State 63, Air Force 61 box. EJ (CCSF/Idaho) Neal and Julian (St Joseph Notre Dame/CCSF/Chico State/U of Alberta) Vaughns each paced the Hornets with 12 points.

Incarnate Word 76, Western Illinois 75 box. Wing Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman scored 17 points, shooting 7-12, 2-3 and 1-1 respectively for the victors.

Oregon 78, San Diego State 68 box. BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis led the Aztecs with 18 points in the losing cause.

Thursday, Nov 30, NCAA scores

Santa Clara 69, Texas Christian 52 box. SC won both 20 minute sessions in taking down a team with a winning record as guard Carlos Stewart led the success with 18 points. Teammate Elijah (West Valley College) Mahi scored 13 points and 6-foot-9 Jake Ensminger had a unique contribution having missed all three treys he attempted and scoring zero points but leading the Broncos with both 11 rebounds and five assists.

Washington 73, Colorado State 67 box. 6-foot-8 sophomore Tyler (Newark Memorial High/Salesian Prep/Granada High/Portland) Harris paced the Huskies with 24 points (9-13 overall shooting, 5-8 on treys) and tied for the team lead in boards with eight. 

St. Mary's 71, USC 32 box. In a weird one, the Gaels came damn close to doubling up on the Trojans, scoring a progressive 32 and then 39 points while USC was regressive at 21 and 15. Coach Eric Musselman's guys shot 13-50 overall and an even more ghastly 0-12 from long distance. Hard to believe Muss is 60 years old. Probably feels like 90 after this one.

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Wednesday, Nov 29 CCCMBCA scores

Las Positas College 83, College of Marin 66 Matt Schwab: "Seven wins in a row! Las Positas 83, Marin 68. Elijah Mobley 20 pts, Kentrell Kelly 12 pts, Jaden Woodard 12 pts. Las Positas 7-0, Marin 1-9."

Feather River College 85, San Jose City College 84

Diablo Valley College 71, Fresno City College 69

Reedley College 99, Gavilan College 67 RCbox

Cabrillo College 71, College of San Mateo 49

Skyline College 79, Napa Valley College 70 John Bynum Jr.: "Nick (Bellarmine College Prep) Corbett had 23 points as Skyline won their seventh straight game and remained unbeaten with a 79-70 win over Napa Valley. Naajy Bynum-Bey had 11 points for the Storm in the loss."

Merritt College 72, Ohlone College 57 John Bynum Jr.: "Aziz Hantous had 16 points and Tristan Ali and Le'Brie Goudy-Lee each added 13 points as Merritt picked up a 72-57 road win over Ohlone and handed the Renegades their first loss of the season. Anthony Lacy had 16 points in the loss for the Renegades."

East Los Angeles College 90, Citrus College 87 John Bynum Jr.: "In Southern California, Donjae Weston Ranch High) Lindsey and Daniel Michelini-Jackson each scored 23 points and Terrence Hampton added 15 points as East Los Angeles edged Citrus 90-87 in non conference action. Tyler (San Ramon Valley High) Isaak had 17 points in the loss for the Owls."

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On Wednesday, Academy of Art stopped host Cal State Stanislaus 66-62 as Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones packaged up 15 points, seven boards, six assists and three steals but it still wasn't enough for CSS to prevail.

Also on Wednesday, this one in San Rafael, 5-foot-11 redshirt sophomore Jaden Tengan played 32 minutes, scored 32 points and also grabbed five rebounds alongside dishing out five assists in Cal State Monterey's 78-68 success against Dominican University. Tengan's hometown is Sacramento and he played AAU ball with Team Arsenal.

Another Wednesday pairing found Menlo College besting host UC Santa Cruz 75-58 with 6-foot-9 Landon (Wood High) Seaman totaling 26 points plus eight boards and 6-foot-6 teammate Julius (Serra High/Skyline College) Alcantara finishing with a team high nine boards as well as 10 points on 5-5 shooting. Andrew (West Campus High/Sacramento City College) Ferrara-Jones tallied 14 points for the Banana Slugs.

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Ben (College Park High/Diablo Valley College) Tellez has continued doing what Ben Tellez does: shoot the ball accurately. Having signed with Cal Lutheran, the 6-foot-2 guard has played 19 minutes a game in the first four contests and he is averaging 7.8 points an outing on 48%, 36% and 7-7 on free throws.

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Verbal Commits: "2025 Prolific Prep (CA) F Niko Bundalo has signed with Washington."

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"Stan State’s Jeremiah Jones Named FloCollege/CCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week"

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"Jailen Daniel-Dalton/San Francisco State Recognized with CalHOPE Courage Award for October"

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6-foot-8, 190 sophomore Tyler (Newark Memorial High/Salesian Prep/Granada High/Portland) Harris is in Seattle this season and averaging a team high 14.2 points per game in five contests, two starts and just below 29 minutes an outing. He is shooting 54%, 43% and 79% respectively. Harris is grabbing 6.2 rebounds nightly, has a team-leading 13 blocked shots, five steals but has yet to register an assist versus eight turnovers. Granted, he needs to beef up his body plus develop the capacity to create for others but he is already the second best player on the Huskies squad.

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Potpourri, Nov 27

News Bits

On Friday at home, UC Santa Cruz downed Claremont - Mudd - Scripps 67-64 on a late game three-pointer by Banana Slug Andrew (West Campus High/Sacramento City College) Ferrara-Jones.

Last Saturday, 6-foot-9 Landon (Wood High) Seaman enjoyed 24 points alongside 11 boards in the Menlo College 72-60 victory over San Francisco State. He played 37 minutes yet surprisingly didn't shoot a free throw all evening.

Also on Saturday, despite Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell providing a team best 20 points, Cal State Los Angeles fell 90-74 to Vanguard, the hoops program in Costa Mesa, not the financial services firm. For the victors, 6-foot-5 grad student Leonard (Moreau Catholic High) Turner just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine boards.

In yet another Saturday pairing, UC Merced edged Stanislaus State 86-83 in overtime. 6-foot-3 junior guard Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown posted a well-rounded line of 18 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Merced-ites.

Then home again on Sunday, UC Santa Cruz bested Whitman 83-79 behind 6-foot-9 Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy's 23 points. He added six rebounds and a trio of blocked shots.

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6-foot-3 junior Nick (Oak Ridge High/Norwich University/American River College) Graves is averaging 10.0 points per game on 46%, 35% and 71% shooting respectively at Waldorf University in Iowa. That is in eight games/three starts and 21 minutes of play per contest. He is also contributing 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists an outing.

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6-foot junior Drew (Sacramento City College) Fischer is averaging 6.3 points, 3.8 and 2.7 assists in six game/starts and 23 minutes an outing while shooting 37%, 3% and 71% respectively. He has also grabbed 10 steals.

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In four games and 19 minutes a night, 6-foot freshman Trey (Moreau Catholic High) Knight is averaging 11.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per matchup at Tacoma Community College (WA). He also has four steals. Tacoma is picked to finish third in conference play.

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Dischon (St. Patrick St. Vincent/Washington State/Charlotte) Jackson keeps getting larger and larger—a steady 6-foot-11 but at 274 now (Charlotte had him at 260). But as a redshirt senior, he's starting for Iowa State and just provided 13 points plus three boards in 21 minutes versus powerful Auburn. On the season, Jackson is averaging 19 minutes a contest, 10.3 points plus 6.3 rebounds while shooting 57% overall, 77% at the foul line and with no three-point attempts. He has taken 22 foul shot attempts. In four games, Jackson has blocked five shots and been charged with just six fouls. It's difficult to see him in the NBA considering his offensive game is limited but he'll play for years overseas.

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Not surprisingly, Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney is struggling a bit at UConn as the surrounding talent level is higher and the coaching much tougher. In six games, five starts and 18 minutes per outing, he is averaging 4.8 points a contest with 12 assists versus just three turnovers but his shooting accuracy is way off. Try 29%, 29% and 50% (1-2 free throws). In comparison, he finished his sophomore year in Moraga shooting 39%, 36% and 81%. He'll perform better.

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Just discovered that former Piedmont High talent 6-foot-6, 210 Brit Burden is on Coach Eric Musselman's USC roster. It look like he is a walk-on and is redshirting this season. Here is the feature we did on him last February.

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Monday, Nov 25, NCAA scores

Norfolk State 76 76, UC Davis 55 box. 6-foot sophomore guard Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla led the Aggies with 15 points, shooting 3-6 from long distance. Davis was out-shot from the floor by 10% plus suffered 23 turnovers, hence the 55 points total.

San Jose State University 71, UTEP 65 box. In Henderson, NV, the Spartan grabbed a 36-27 halftime lead but then began to regularly succumb to the Miners' pressure before holding on for the victory. Transfer Josh Uduje led SJSU with 23 and fellow transfer Will McClendon shot 5-8 from trey territory for 22 points.

Kansas State 80, Longwood 64 box. Shooting 5-7 from long range, Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins tallied 19 points, 10 boards, five assists, two steals and a pair of blocked shots in the success.

Clemson 70, USF 55 box. Using a 46-26 second 20 minutes, Clemson handled the Dons in a tournament played in Daytona Beach. San Francisco struggled for points as freshman forward Tyrone Riley IV, hitherto a high scorer, shot 1-2 for two points (a dunk).

Tuesday, Nov 26, NCAA scores

San Francisco 85, Fordham 64 box. The Dons bounced back to shoot 61% overall plus 55% on 20 three-point attempts.

San Diego State 71, Creighton 53 box. Aztec guard BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis came near a double-double via 18 points and nine boards. Teammate Miles (Lincoln High ) Byrd enjoyed 16 points.

Grand Canyon 78, Stanford 71 box. (in Palm Springs) Still on a not streak which likely has actually become his routine, Maxime Reynaud still provided 21 points in the loss, the first for Stanford.

Northern Colorado 92, Northern New Mexico 50 box. USF transfer wing Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne exploded for 27 points in the win.

San Jose State University 69, UNC Greensboro 64 box. The Spartans have a two game winning streak.

Iowa State 89, Dayton 84 box. Center Dischon (St Patrick St. Vincent/Washington State/Charlotte) Jackson contributed 12 points and six boards in 21 minutes during the victory.

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Monday, Nov 25, CCCMBCA

Reedley College 80, Napa Valley College 73

Tuesday, Nov 26, CCCMBCA

West Valley College 69, College of Marin 42

College of the Sequoias 87, Diablo Valley College 54 box. Besides a pair of blocked shots, Jordan (Hanford High) Haire posted an 18 point, 11 rebound double-double.

Cosumnes River College 93, Feather River College 54

Modesto Junior College 83, Cañada College 50

DeAnza College 81, Coalinga College 47

Columbia College 96, American River College 65

Butte College 70, Yuba College 56

Sierra College 81, Solano College 56

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Potpourri, Nov 25

News Bits

Friday, November 25 NCAA scores

Washington 77, Prairie View A&M box. Tyler (Granada High/Portland) Harris totaled 27 points and eight rebounds (shooting an very efficient 8-11, 3-5, 8-8) in carrying Washington to a takedown of PV A&M.

Texas Tech 79, Syracuse 74 box. Behind 20 points plus six boards in 24 minutes from Darrion (Capital Christian/Bishop Gorman/Nevada) Williams and Chance (St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian's 13 and four, Texas Tech defeated Syracuse in Brooklyn, New York.

Saturday, November 26 NCAA scores

Stanford 71, Santa Clara 69 box. Jaylen Blakes, who earned 10 assists, buried the game-winning deuce with two seconds remaining as Stanford downed host Santa Clara. Maxime Reynaud was extra large for the Cardinal with 32 points and 16 boards and teammate Oziah (Modesto Christian/Southern Cal Academy/USC) Sellers provided 23 points from the backcourt .

St. Mary's 80, Cal Poly 66 box. Former walk-on 6-foot-6 Luke (Piedmont High) Barrett paced the Gaels with 19 points and added 10 boards, three assists and two steals.

Sunday, November 27 NCAA scores

Liberty 67, Kansas State 65 box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins produced 11 points, five boards and four assists for KState.

Montana 83, Denver 73  box. Money (Oakland High) Williams totaled 17 points, four rebounds and three assists for the Griz.

California 83, Sacramento State 77 box. Andrej (Jesuit High/Stanford) Stojakovic led the Bears with 20 points thanks to going 11-15 at the foul line. For the Vandals, two tlents shined on their return to the Bay Area. Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame/Chico State/CCSF/University of Alberta) Vaughns tallied 18 points and backcourt teammate EJ (Sacred Heart Cathedral/CCSF/Idaho) Neal added 16 points. 

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Friday, Nov 25 CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 89, West Valley College 85 John Bynum Jr.: "Miles Amos scored a game high of 27 points and King Wilhite added 16 points as San Francisco remained unbeaten and won their eighth straight game with a 89-85 over West Valley in Saratoga on Friday evening. CJ Willenborg had 18 points in the loss for the Vikings." The victors succeeded on the road.

Las Positas College 82, Reedley College 64 box. Elijah Mobley led LPC with 24 points.

Ohlone College 65, Napa Valley College 63 OC Men's Basketball: "Omar Babikir 14 pts, 5 ast, 4 reb - Amos Hodgson 17 pts, 2 stl - DeVon Mack 9 pts, 5 reb - Michael Fastion 9 pts, 7 reb - Wesley Burns 4 pts, 9 reb - Anthony Lacy 9 pts, 5 reb."

Yuba College 77, Merritt College 54

Citrus College 84, College of the Sequoias 79 box. Guard Tyree (Burbank High) Gill led COS with 17 points.

Santa Rosa Junior College 76, Foothill College 56

San Jose City College 85, Allan Hancock College 70 box.

College of the Redwoods 86, Los Medanos College 75 CCCMBCA: "College of Redwoods was led by Brandon Lucas with 18 points (all coming on six three pointers. Los Medanos got 22 points from Ashlynd Rhett."

Lemoore College 77, College of San Mateo 70

American River College 77, Lassen College 66

Umpqua College 83, Shasta College 75

Cuesta College 70, Sacto City College 59 Sophomore guard led Sid Duplesis led Sacto with 23 points.

DeAnza College 72, Hartnell College 53

Folsom Lake College 77, Butte College 73

Fresno City College 82, Gavilan College 68 CCCMBCA: "Mendocino advances to the finals of its own tournament with a 68-57 win over Siskiyous. Mendocino was led by CJ Lee with 26 points, 15 coming on three pointers. Siskiyous was led by Jacob Dallas with 20 points."

College of Alameda 84, Monterey Peninsula College 70

Mendocino College 68, College of the Siskiyous 57

Feather River College 84, Cabrillo College 75

Saturday, Nov 26 CCCMBCA scores

Feather River College 96, Santa Rosa Junior College 91 2OT

Umpqua College 83, Yuba College 60

Skyline College 61, College of Marin 58 John Bynum Jr.: "Achilles Woodson had 16 points as Skyline picked up a 61-58 win over Marin. Skyline remains undefeated at 6-0."

San Diego City College 58, San Jose City College 54 full box John Bynum Jr.: "...Brandon Bento-Jackson...scored 14 points as San Diego edged San Jose 58-54 in non conference action on Saturday evening."

Cabrillo College 85, Foothill College

Butte College 85, Diablo Valley College 59

Cuesta College 60, American River College 59

Shasta College 76, Merritt College 55

Sacto City College 68, Lassen College 67 CCCMBCA: "Lassen’s Jaydin - Morin Bishop had 21 points; meanwhile, Sacramento City’s Sid Duplesis finished with 24 points, including the game winning free throws."

DeAnza College 84, Monterey Peninsula College 45

College of Alameda 56, Hartnell College 55

Siskiyous College 105, Los Medanos College 103 3OT. CCCMBCA: "Los Medanos’ Dominick Dennis finished with 33 points. College of the Siskiyous’ Jeremiah Collins had 38 points and was selected to the all-tournament team."

Sunday, Nov 27 CCCMBCA scores

San Jose City College 90, Barstow College 70 For SJCity, Matt (Archbishop Mitty/Foothill College) McAndrews led with 23 points on 9-13 shooting from the floor and 5-7 at the foul line. He also contributed four assists. A 47-30 first half kept the contest comfortable for San Jose.

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Pacific Men's Basketball: "...Coach Dave Smart: Emmanuel (Manyoun) is exactly the type of player we want in our program. He makes so many winning plays it becomes contagious to everyone around him. His ability to impact the game in so many ways will take us to another level..."

"...I absolutely love Kellen (Hampton's) game. He's one of the premier basketball players in the class of 2025," Smart said. "A Northern California native, Kellen is a player that can score at all three levels. He will be an impact player from the start and also allows us to build recruiting ties in the Bay Area..."

“...Alem Fejzic plays for one of the premier JC’s in the country in Frank Philips and has proven himself as one of the best shooters in junior college. He’s an extremely hard worker and we believe he will make an immediate impact for us.” plays for one of the premier JC’s in the country in Frank Philips and has proven himself as one of the best shooters in junior college. He’s an extremely hard worker and we believe he will make an immediate impact for us...”

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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 6'3 PG Ace Glass will make his college decision on December 6th.

Finalists:

• Stanford
• Wyoming
• Texas A&M"

He sounds like the guys who do my windows. This should be an easy call for a SoCal young man, right? Palo Alto, Laramie or College Station, Texas? Plus, the top assist man for Stanford is a grad student in eligibility.

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Skyline Basketball: "Tough keeping up with all the #SkylinePROs these days! After playing in England last year, while earning his master’s degree, Antonio Hughes (Lowell HS/U. of St. Francis (IL)) is now playing for the Greenwich Titans in the British NBL. Another LOCAL player who achieved #SkylineSuccess."

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Jake Lieberman: "2025 6'7 prospect Jed Barlow out of Hargrave Military Academy tells me that he's in contact with the following programs:

•  Utah	•  Pacific
•  Eastern Kentucky	•  Eastern Washington
•  Georgia Southern	•  Little Rock
•  Howard (Offer)	•  Coastal Carolina (O)
•  Sacramento State	•  Stony Brook"

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Roman Gabriel: "After a great conversation with Brandon Bracy, I am blessed to receive an offer from San Joaquin Delta College."

Gabriel is a 2025 6-foot-3 guard from Hawai'i.

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Verbal Commits: "2028 Lincoln Christian (OK) G Parker McDaniel has received an offer from California."

McDaniel is a 6-foot-3 guard.

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Team Arsenal: "It’s official! We have joined forces with the Oakland Soldiers and will be competing in the EYBL Champions League!"

What will be KP's role now?

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On Thursday, Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell aided the Cal State Los Angeles cause with 15 points and five steals in a 70-49 defeat of Azuza Pacific.

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On Friday:

On a tear of late, 6-foot junior guard Nick (St. Patrick-St. Vincent) Medeiros scored 18 points (26 minutes) on an extremely efficient 7-9, 2-2, 2-2 shooting accuracy and led Sonoma State to an 80-61 success versus Menlo College.

Four of Chico State's starters finished in double figures scoring (the fifth tallied nine points) in the 70-61 Wildcat win over Dominican University. Nathan (CCSF) Ilunga posted a 17 point, 10 rebound double-double for DU.

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On Friday, a Jackson State player lost a shoe on his made basket, then picked up his shoe as he ran back but trailed the action and chuck it at his man who scored unscathed at the other end of the court. Kentucky won 108-59 so it wasn't exactly critical, just ... different.

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Memphis Grizzlies: "The Rook was 6 of 10 from long range and scored 26 points to set a new 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡."

Jaylen (Folsom High/Sonoma State/Washington State) Wells is deservedly going to enjoy a long and, in multiple ways, fruitful career in the NBA. Keep it coming.

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Ersin's NBA Draft Newsletter - The JUCO Files Part 1 features five lengthy evaluations including two on Nor Cal prospects ranked in the quintet of profiles:
#2. Damarion Vann-Kelly — Northeastern Oklahoma College A&M (#5) Combo Guard — 6’4” — Freshman — Sacramento, CA, and
#3. Travis Torain — Panola College (#22) Wing — 6’8” — Freshman — Tracy, CA.

Click on the blue link above to read about the players.

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Potpourri, Nov 22

News Bits

On Sunday, UC Santa Cruz, led by 6-foot-9 junior Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy's 23 points and nine boards, defeated Lewis & Clark 76-67.

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"(SAC STATE) MEN’S BASKETBALL SIGNS LOCAL PRODUCT MARK LAVRENOV"

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"(STANFORD) MEN’S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF (KRISTERS) SKRINDA"

He's 6-foot-10 and can shoot from outside.

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Sacramento Renegades: "Congratulations to Reid (Brear) on his next Journey to San Francisco State!"

The 6-foot-6, 205 Brear attends Del Oro High and also plays for the Sacramento Renegades.

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From Michigan Coach Dusty May: "Winters Grady, 6-foot-5 guard from Prolific Prep (CA): “Winters is a flat-out competitor. He is tailor-made for how we want to play at Michigan. His ability to shoot the ball is one of the reasons he’s an ideal fit. His versatility and physicality, on both the offense and defense end, will allow him to be a factor for us right away. The more we dug in and got to know him and his family, the more we realized that this a guy that we need to have in our program.”

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The 16th selection in the most recent NBA draft, guard "Jared McCain has been one of the few bright spots for a 2-11 Sixers team, averaging 25.2 points per game on .482/.441/1.000 shooting in six appearances since becoming a regular rotation player."

McCain is a Sacramento native.

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Damari (Moreau Catholic/Grand Canyon/San Francisco/Cal State Fullerton) Milstead is a graduate assistant on Loyola Marymount Coach Stan Johnson's staff this season.

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"Kansas officially signs five-star guard Darryn Peterson"

The top guard in his class, at 6-foot-5 he plays for Prolific Prep. A definite one-and-done-er.

League Ready: "Down goes No. 1! No. 5 Prolific Prep completes the 66-54 upset of top ranked 

Columbus HS in Florida! The Crew (7-0) with a BIG statement win behind 33 points (11-17 FG), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals from Darryn Peterson."

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In four games and 35 minutes a contest for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the G League, 6-foot-7, 225 Keshad (San Diego State/Arizona) Johnson is averaging 19.8 points per game on 48%, 21% and 69% shooting as well as 9.3 rebounds a contest.

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In four games and 28 minutes a contest for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the G League, 6-foot-4, 205 Zyon (UC Riverside/Florida) Pullin is averaging 7.8 points on 34%, 29% and 100% shooting as well as 6.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists.

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UC Davis senior guard 6-foot-3, 190 Ty Johnson has already nabbed a Player of the Week honor and is the nation's leading scorer (28.3 points per game as of 11/19/24). He is, yes, en fuego.

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Green Bay Basketball: "A dominant (Tuesday) night for Anthony (Dublin High/USF) Roy and a dominant win for the Phoenix (over Southern Illinois Edwardsville). Roy finished with 34 points, six rebounds, five steals, and four assists!"

This guy is playing himself into the NBA draft. Can he push into round one?

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Big Sky Conference: "After averaging 27.5 points per game against No. 11 Tennessee and Utah State, Money Williams is our Men's Basketball Player of the Week."

Amazing!

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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6'5 SG Caeden Hutcherson out of Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) & Team Lillard AAU tells me that he's in contact with the following programs:

•  Idaho	•  Montana
•  Loyola Marymount	•  UT Arlington
•  San Jose State	•  UNLV
•  Cal	•  St. Louis"

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Travis Torain: "After a great visit, I am blessed to have received an offer from University of The Pacific!"

He's a 6-foot-7 wing, on the slim slide at 175 but definitely a shooter with range. Best of all, he's out of Monterey Trail High so he knows Pacific.

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Coach Nick: "6’10 F/C Andre Ngomabie has been offered by San Jose State."

The 2025 big attends a prep school located in Florida.

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On Tuesday, Demarreya (Enterprise High/Yuba College) Lewis-Cooper led Cal Poly Pomona with 15 points in leading the Sagehens to an 84-60 victory over La Sierra. 6-foot-8 freshman redshirt teammate Edric (Vanden High) Dennis also tallied 15 points shooting 5-7 on trey attempts. box.

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Wednesday, Nov 20 NCAA scores

UC Davis 75, Grand Canyon 68, box. Guard Ty Johnson led the victory with 21 points and backcourt teammate Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla scored 12 points in 26 minutes, shooting 3-5 from long range. The Aggies broke Grand Canyon's 18-game home winning streak.

Northern Colorado 79, Cal Baptist 68, box. Isaiah Hawthorne posted a 15 point, 12 rebound double-double.

Stanford 70, Norfolk State 63, box. Maxime Raynaud's double-double of 20 points plus 10 boards paced the Cardinal.

USC 82, San Jose State University 68, box. For the Spartans, Josh Uduje led with 25 points (8-12, 5-5, 4-4 shooting) and on his return to Los Angeles (albeit not Westwood), Will McClendon tallied 18 points. SJSU shot well overall but earned just eight foul shots while USC took just nine but shot better than their visitors at 57% overall.

St. Mary's 78, Stanislaus State 38, box. In 10 minutes of play, 7-foot-1 redshirt freshman Andrew (Granada High) McKeever produced 10 points, seven boards and a pair of blocked shots. He shot 5-seven overall.

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Thursday, Nov 21 NCAA scores

California 78, Air Force 69 box. Jeremiah Wilkinson led the Bears with 23 points followed by Andrej Stojakovic's 21. The point difference can be accounted by Air Force's 11 (made six) free throw attempts to 27 (made 18) for Cal.

UMemphis 68, USF 65 box. A road win for the Tennesseans earned by outscoring the Dons 46-33 in the second half. USF guard Malik Thomas made the score 66-64 on a trey with six seconds remaining. After two Memphis free throws, Thomas missed a trey at the one second mark concluding the game.

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Wednesday, Nov 20 CCCMBCA scores

Las Positas College 104, Napa Valley College 74 

Skyline College 64, College of Alameda 63

Lemoore College 87, Gavilan College 78 LC box. 6-foot-7 sophomore wing Trey Booker scored 36 points (with just a single trey) and grabbed eight rebounds in the win. 

Butte College 77, Cosumnes River College 73

Sierra College 64, DeAnza College 52

Contra Costa College 109, Folsom Lake College 90

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Thursday, Nov 21 CCCMBCA scores

Cabrillo College 81, Merritt College 75

College of the Redwoods 77, American River College 67

Feather River College 92, Yuba College 89

Los Medanos College 64 , Lassen College 56

Mendocino College 82, Sacto City College 75

Foothill College 92, Shasta College 89

Modesto Junior College 77, College of Marin 65

Santa Rosa Junior College 93, Upqua College 86

College of the Siskiyous 74, Cuesta College 71

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Potpourri, Nov 20

News Bits

Art U Urban Knights: "Leading from start to finish, ARTUMBB scored the third-most points in program history on the third-highest field goal percentage (.623) with six Urban Knights reaching double figures to power a 105-81 win over Chico State in ARTU's home opener!"

WOW!

ARTU shot 62% overall. This matchup took place at Kezar Pavilion. For the Wildcats, JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy led with 20 points and freshman Cortevious (Granada High) Taylor finished with 17.

Chico State bounced back on Monday at home for an 85-83 success over Hawaii Pacific. Murphy again paced his squad in scoring with 25.

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Team Lillard certainly enjoyed tremendous success during the early signing period with six overall and five Nor Cal talents landing college scholarships.

Texas A&M Basketball: "Welcome to Aggieland, Jasir Rencher"

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Utah State Men's Hoops: "Welcome to the family Elijah Perryman"

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UC Davis Men's Basketball: "Welcome to the Aggie family, Jalen (Stokes)!"

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Frank Knight: "Moreau Catholic basketball legacy continues......Congrats to senior Kellen Hampton on his signing with the University of Pacific!"

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Like all Ivy League school applicants, Alvin Loving IV must complete a vetting process. But what an accomplishment for the young man.

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Weber State Men's Basketball: "Welcome to the family, Tshilobo Bourgeois"

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The Jalen Green Elite enjoyed five signees overall, with a trio of Nor Cal talents landing college scholarships. Winters (Prolific Prep) Grady is headed to Michigan, Luke (San Ramon Valley High) Isaak will enroll at UC Irvine and DJ (Clovis West High) Stickman has chosen Fresno State University.

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Ty Virgil: "**National Signing Day: @Hillcrest Prep**

The journey to this moment has been long one, and and I am deeply grateful for my family, my mentors AD and Trev from my Truu Handles Family, and my teammates, who will be lifelong friends. Having put in well over 10,000 hours into this game, I am motivated to reach the next 10,000. This milestone is significant, but it is only one of many, the journey is far from over, God willing. I want to show my appreciation and say thank you to my AAU coaches, Mom, Dad, Coach Ken, Coach Majak, Coach Capp, and all the 2024 PHH and 2025 Team Supreme Coaching Staff, Coach Thomas of Team Determined, Team Lillard coaching staff, Coach Taj and Nick and everyone who tirelessly advocated to college coaches about my abilities and my character as a person.

Coach Schilling and the Pepperdine Coaching Staff, thank you for believing in me, I can’t wait to get out there!

The 6-foot-6 Virgil formerly played at Sheldon High.

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"San Francisco City Corrals State’s Top Ranking"

Jake Lieberman: "6'8 prospect Tolu Samuels out of Triton Junior College (IL) tells me that he's in recent communication with the following programs:

•  UC Davis	•  Tennessee State
•  Little Rock	•  TSU
•  Northern Illinois (Offer)

Averaging 8.0 points & 7.7 rebounds through three games so far."

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Jake Lieberman: "6-foot-6 2026 prospect Zach White out of Notre Dame HS (CA) tells me that the following programs are involved in his recruitment.

•  SMU	•  Santa Barbara
•  Oregon State	•  Minnesota
•  Stanford	•  Cal
•  Seton Hall	•  Illinois
•  West Virginia	•  UCLA
•  + others"

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Jake Lieberman: "7' prospect Mady Traore out of Frank Phillips College is hearing from Miami, USC, Washington, Ole Miss, Memphis, UCF, Texas, Oklahoma State, Utah, Cal & Oakland, he's told me.

Through five games, Traore is averaging 17.0 points & 10.2 rebounds. Very intriguing prospect."

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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6'2 PG RJ Livingston from Isidore Newman HS (FL) & LivOn EYBL is being heavily recruited by Harvard, he's told me. Also hearing from Cal, Auburn & Arizona State. Offers include Harvard, Texas A&M, SMU, among others."

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Jake Lieberman: "6'6 SG Vaughn Weems out of North Idaho College tells me that he's hearing from the following programs:

•  Sam Houston State	•  Idaho
•  Montana	•  Pacific
•  New Mexico State	•  Georgia Southern
•  Cal Baptist

Weems averaged 14.4 points (57.1% 3PT) & 6.0 rebounds in 28 games last season."

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Jake Lieberman: "Top-50 5-11 2026 prospect Miles Sadler from Bella Vista Prep (AZ) tells me that he's in communication with the following:

•  UCLA	•  LSU
•  Stanford	•  Cal
•  Texas	•  Arizona
•  Arizona State	•  Iowa
•  Oklahoma	•  Syracuse
•  New Mexico	•  New Mexico State
•  Boise State"

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PD Web: "Class of 2026 PG Nate Earl of Milton (GA) took an unofficial visit to Cal this past weekend."

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JC Latest: 6’5 G Damarion Vann-Kelly of NEO had a stellar performance with 39 points, 6 rebounds, shooting 10-for-14 from three and 11-for-18 from the field. He tells JC4PT that he’s hearing from the following programs:

•  Mississippi State	•  Hampton University
•  University of Texas Arlington	•  University of Massachusetts
•  Florida International University	•  Fullerton
•  UC Davis	•  Cleveland State
•  Utah Valley	•  Jacksonville
•  Samford	•  Central Michigan
•  St. Bonaventure"

The 6-foot-4, 170 Vann-Kelly is out of Monterey Trail High and NEO is Northeastern Oklahoma. On November 13, Vann-Kelly was named Region 2 Player of the Week. On November 16, he offered a list of interested schools that also included San Jose State and University of San Francisco.

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Monday, Nov 18 NCAA scores

Arkansas 91, Pacific 72 box. Was this a so-called money game played in Little Rock? Give Pacific Coach Dave Smart credit for the willingness to take his team not only on the road but face Coach John Calipari's big NIL dollar crew. The Tigers reserves provided zero points but four starters finished in double figures. One other note: Pacific was down by just seven at the half.

Texas Tech 98, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 64 box. Darrion (Capital Christian/Bishop Gorman/Nevada) Williams tallied a team best 19 points shooting 8-11 overall. Teammate Chance (Jesse Bethel/St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian contributed 11 points plus six assists.

Utah State 95, Montana 83 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams led the Griz with 23 points.

Gonzaga 80, San Diego State 67 box. BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis scored 15 points with 6-9, 2-4 and 1-2 accuracy respectively in the home loss.

Tuesday Nov 19 NCAA scores

UConn 81, East Texas A&M 46 box. Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney tallied 10 points on 4-10, 2-7, 0-0 shooting respectively.

Kansas State 74, Mississippi Valley State 56 box. KState's Coleman (Antelope High/Illinois) Hawkins had an interesting line: 1-11 shooting for two points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Santa Clara 96, UC Riverside 54 box. 7-foot Christopf Tilly's 20 points paced the Broncos

Tuesday Nov 19 CCCMBCA scores

Cañada College 95, San Joaquin Delta College 88 2OT

Reedley College 81, Hartnell College 66 RC box. Matt Ruegge totaled 25 points for the victor. For HC: Suhieb Ibrahim 16, Gunner Larson 14, Fin Powelson 13, Ty McUne 11.

Coalinga College 70, Monterey Peninsula College 68 CC box

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