Potpourri, Dec 23

News Bits

Dec 20, NCAA D1 scores

Loyola Marymount 89, Southern University 73 box. Alex (Modesto Christian High) Merkviladze performed loudly via 27 points, seven rebounds and four assists, shooting a very efficient 7-11, 6-7, 4-4 respectively.

Dec 21, NCAA D1 scores

Dartmouth 84, Vermont 54 box. Freshman guard Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen led with 25 points as the Ivy Leaguers had no trouble, leading 45-28 at the half.

Texas Tech 101, Lamar 57 box. Darrion (Capital Christian/Nevada) Williams finished with 23 points, seven boards, five assists and a pair of blocked shots and TT has no trouble with in-state Lamar. Teammate Chance (St. Patrick St. Vincent/Bethel High/Grand Canyon) McMillian tallied 19 points.

Cal State Northridge 81, Chicago State 57 box. Mahmoud (Santa Yeresa High/West Valley College/Cal State San Bernardino) Fofana scored an efficient 17 points and grabbed six rebounds as Cal State Northridge bounced Chicago State 81-57. He shot 7-10 overall and 3-3 on the free throw line.

Minnesota 74, Fairleigh Dickinson 60 box. Senior Mick (Archbishop Mitty/Pepperdine) Mitchell Jr. provided 18 points, six boards and five assists and a 54-39 second 20 minutes produced the victory.

Idaho 95, Pacific 72 box. The Tigers enjoyed four starters finishing in double figures scoring but the Vandals shot 59%, 44% and 1,000% overall and won going away.

Santa Clara 98, South Dakota 81 box. Five Broncos scored in double figures igniting a 60-39 first half lead.

San Francisco 71, Montana 67 box. Guard Marcus Williams scored 25 points for the host Dons who took a 10-point halftime lead. Montana has yet to win a road encounter.

Wichita State 84. Kansas State 65 box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins enjoyed nine rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots but scored just six points on 2-9, 1-4 and 1-4 shooting.

Oregon 76, Stanford 61 box. The Palo Alto-ans were down 36-19 after 20 minutes and eventually led by Maxime Reynaud's 20 points/13 rebounds. They shot 37%, 27% and 7-13 at the foul line while Oregon went 22-29 on free throws.

San Jose State University 89, Kennesaw State 65 box. Spartan newcomer Josh Uduje led with 22 points, sophomore returnee Latrell Davis tallied 20 and newbie Sadirenne Hall posted a 17 point, 13 rebound double-double.

San Diego State 71, California 50 box. The Bears were down 25-15 after the initial 20 minutes and fell further with a 46-35 second half . For the game, Cal shot 25% overall and 21% on treys.

Drake topped Green Bay 72-62 with guard Anthony (Dublin High/USF) Roy still stuck tight on the latter's bench.

Dec 22, NCAA D1 scores

Iowa State 99, Morgan State 72 box. In 23 minutes, Dischon (St. Patrick St. Vincent/Washington State/Charlotte) Jackson scored 12 points with six shots taken and rejected five shots.

Sacramento State 98, Stanislaus State 47 box. In 30 minutes, guard Jason (Alameda High/Ohlone College) Cibull scored 17 points and dished out three assists, both team-leading for Stanislaus.

Utah State 75, St. Mary's 68 box. The visiting Aggies shot 30-51 (59%) in downing the Gaels.  Mitchell Saxen finished with 18 points and freshman Mikey (Prolific Prep) Lewis tallied 12 for the Moraga-ites.

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Dec 20, CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 97, San Joaquin Delta College 68

West Valley College 80, Contra Costa College 40

San Jose City College 76, Columbia 70 SJCC box. Matt (Archbishop Mitty/Chabot College/Foothill College) McAndrews led the Jags with six assists 22 minutes and AB (Newark Memorial High) Gilchrest's 19 points led in scoring.

Las Positas College 94, Folsom Lake College 77 box. Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley went for 28 points in the success.

Chabot College 84, Cabrillo College 82 Chabot box. Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards led CC (Hayward) with a bountiful 28 points and freshman Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin totaled 15 points and an equal number of rebounds.

Sierra College 61, Butte College 58

Merritt College 92, Simpson JV 71

Merced College 82, Monterey Peninsula College 68

Pasadena City College 87 , Shasta College 80

Feather River College 94, Gavilan College 67

Santa Rosa Junior College 80, College of the Redwoods 61 SRJC box. Spencer (Granada High) Langowski led the victors with 24 points.

Dec 21, CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 80, West Valley College 76 (at the Delta tourney) John Bynum Jr.: "In a battle between two of the top teams in the state, John (St. Ignatius/Pepperdine) Squire had 28 points and All Tournament selection Miles Stuart Hall High) Amos added 16 points as San Francisco edged West Valley 80-76 on Saturday evening. CJ (Folsom High) Willenborg had a game high of 29 points and Robel (Oakland Tech) Zemmo added 18 points in the loss for the Vikings." CCCMBCA: "The four-point win was also San Francisco's second win over West Valley, having beaten the Vikings 89-85 on Nov. 22."

Chabot College 88, Gavilan College 69 CC box. Freshman guard Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin was en fuego again with 24 points on 11-14 overall shooting, 2-2 on trey attempts. He's playing his way into a D1 schollie for next year. Fellow soph Armani (Salesian Prep) Johnson contributed 15 points and sophomore Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards 13 with each also providing solid quantities of rebounds, assists and steals. A solid team win.

Butte College 94, Simpson JV 82

Contra Costa College 75, San Joaquin Delta College 60

Sierra College 75, Merritt College 35

Fresno City College 70, Cerritos College 60 CC box

Feather River College 66, Cabrillo College 51

Skyline College 76, Solano College 55

Ohlone College 71, Cosumnes River College 64 Ohlone MBB: "#23 Ohlone College takes down #19 Cosumnes River College 71-64 and moves to an 11-1 record!

• Gabriel Lopez 18 pts, 14 reb, 4 ast
• Amos Hodgson 16 pts, 2 reb, 2 stl
• Anthony Lacy 15 pts, 10 reb, 4 ast
• Michael Fastion 6 pts, 6 reb, 3 blk
• DeVon Mack 4 pts, 4 stl, 4 reb"

Cañada College 74, College of Alameda 68

College of the Redwoods 76, Foothill College 68

Santa Rosa Junior College 80, Pasadena City College 73

Dec 2 CCCMBCA scores

no games

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Also on Saturday:

Cal Poly Humboldt edged host Westmont College 79-73 despite 6-foot-5 freshman De'Undrae (Salesian Prep) Perteete compiling 15 points (5-7 on threes) plus five boards, four assists and a pair of steals. Hooping in Montecito, what a combo!

Stanislaus State bested Cal State Monterey Bay in overtime 69-68 as William (Bishop O'Dowd) Chavarin scored 19 points, 10 at the foul line, plus five boards, four assists and three steals. Teammate Jason (Alameda High/Ohlone College) Cibull contributed 11 points and matched the team high in assists with four in 31 minutes. For CSUMB, Michael Mora (out of Palo Alto) led the Sea Otters with both 19 points (5-10 on treys) and eight boards.

Host Menlo College pounded on Dominican University 91-68 with Landon (Wood High) Seaman enjoying 16 points and teammate Nick Davidson providing 15 points and a team high six boards. The two teams play again on January 4 but this one is in San Rafael. 

Cal Maritime went into overtime versus Tabor and lost 92-91. This despite receiving 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists via Jamal (Newark Memorial High/Bethany College KAN) Frenchwood plus DeAndre (Carlmont High/Skyline College) Minor's 20 points.

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City College San Francisco Men's Basketball: "Congrats to sophomore Miles Amos on getting his first D1 offer from Seattle."

Amos is a 6-foot-2, 200 guard who prepped at Stuart Hall High. His current numbers: 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists while shooting 52%, 33% and 65% respectively. He owns a very good 43/11 assist-to-turnover match in 12 games. Seattle has two players out of Marin County on its current roster.

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Catching up on William Jessup hoops:

On the 19th (Thursday), host William Jessup University topped Menlo College 72-68 in a PacWest Conference pairing. For the victors, Anthony Enoch went for 25 points and 14 boards, Tamatoa Humbert scored 18 points and Aydan Janssan led with both 15 boards and five assists. For Menlo, Preston McGassick led with both 23 points plus seven steals and teammate Landon (Wood High) Seaman scored 20 points and gathered in a team high nine rebounds. WJU shot 18-24 at the foul line, MC just 5-8.

On the 21st (Saturday), host WJU tripped to Orange County to meet up with Vanguard University in PacWest Conference action and fell 80-73. Ja'Maris Blackmon led with 18 points, Aydan Janssen grabbed 14 rebounds and guard Troy (Sheldon High) Crighton scored 10 point in 25 minutes.

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The play of rookie Jonathan (USF) Mogbo continues to be highly praised by staff in  his Toronto Raptor organization.

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In 10 games/three starts and 26 minutes an outing for Regis University in Denver, 6-foot-2 sophomore Jalen (Modesto Christian High) Brown is averaging a second-on-the-team 13.2 points per contest, shooting 48%, 27% and 69% respectively. He is pulling down 2.9 rebounds a night with 17 assists and 17 turnovers.

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Modesto Christian Basketball: "Congratulations to Gavin Sykes for hitting the 1,000-point milestone! Gavin hit the mark today with 21 points in a win over American Fork (Utah) at the Tarkanian Classic in the Nike Division. This is only the 14th time in MC boys basketball history for a player to accomplish this feat."

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Hoop Herald: "If you could go back in time and only draft one of these two players to your favorite team, who do you choose?

LeBron James 46.7%

Steph Curry 53.3%"

I really can't decide. James offers more on the boards and defensively. Curry is the best shooter ever.

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Pro Insight: "6’7” 2026 Chidi Nwigwe has received an offer from Stanford University."

He attends Sunrise Christian (KAN), weighs 200 pounds and is a wing.

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"Teams With Roster Turnover Are Struggling In 2024-25"

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Bleacher Report is out with a very early look at the two rounds of the NBA draft.

The first round early spots are mostly owned by foreign players but San Diego Stater Miles (Lincoln High) Byrd appears at #25. Stanford's Maxime Reynaud is off the board at #36. Andrej Stojakovic of California is selected at # 48. Darrion (Capital Christian/Nevada) Williams of Texas Tech is chosen with the 50th pick. overall, 59 selection are made. Most of the second-rounders are unknown to me.

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West Coast Conference All League predictions by Lucca Mazzie

His is a new hoops site.

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Ethan Kassel: "Clayton Valley star and USU Basketball commit Elijah Perryman is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his foot. Could cost him the rest of the regular season. Shame, he had been playing so well."

He has actually signed with Utah State so his college future is set but still, you want to go out strong as a high school senior and develop some great memories. Let's hope he can return.

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Potpourri, Dec 20

News Bits

William Jessup University's 5-foot-10 guard Troy (Sheldon High/Elk Grove High) Crighton enjoyed a very efficient night in the recent Jessup 79-52 victory versus Dominican University in which he scored 15 points on 6-7, 2-2, 1-2 shooting—what economy and all in 28 minutes. He is shooting 52%, 33% and 75% on the season.

..."WJU head coach Mark Darnall spoke on Crighton's production after the game, noting, 'We're always asking our guys to make the most of their minutes when their number is called, and Troy answered tonight. He's been in this spot before, so we knew what to expect of him...'"

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JUCO Football Frenzy: "Big ruling by a court today that JUCO athletes who play college sports, retain all 4 years of NCAA eligibility even if they play a year or two of JUCO."

Here's much more on the subject.

The JC teams win because more high schoolers will be heading in that direction as NCAA teams shift focus to recruiting much more at the JUCO level.

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24/7's Joe Tipton attended the City of Palms Classic event and ranked the college prospects he witnessed on the first day:

"7. 3-star CG Melvin Bell Jr. (San Jose State)

Melvin Bell Jr. really impressed me tonight. The three-star out of La Lumiere (IN) has strong frame and a college-ready body. A hard-nosed player who excels in the paint and has the ability to stretch the floor. A steal for San Jose State. Finished with 21 points."

Bell Jr. signed in November with the Spartans.

Jake Lieberman: "2028 PG Jordan Hopkins out of Emerson HS (TX) & Drive National EYBL has been offered by San Jose State, he's told me. Other programs involved in his recruitment are the following:

• LSU (Offer)
• Memphis
• UCF
• Michigan State
• UTSA
• TCU
• Little Rock
• Wake Forest"

Hopkins will be an extremely tough sign for little ol' SJSU. Not sure why they are bothering with an offer—maybe there is some special connection.

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John Bynum Jr.: "Jake Davis (West Valley College) has received an offer from Fresno State. Davis is averaging 16.3 points and 4.8 rebounds this season for the Vikings. The sharp shooter is shooting 56% from Downtown this season."

Davis is a 6-foot-4 sophomore out of Las Lomas High.

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Shams Charania: "Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Damian Lillard has agreed to a lifetime contract extension with Adidas, sources told ESPN. Lillard now joins LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Nike) and Stephen Curry (Under Armour/Curry Brand) as active NBA players with lifetime shoe endorsements."

Few people know  that it came down to either me or Dame and I graciously told Adidas to give the lifetime contract to him since I have enough shoes. Wait, what? There giving him $$$ too? I had to settle for some stinkin' shoes which I rarely wear (getting me out of Crocs requires a bribe most cannot afford), not even when I'm turning out my eloquent award-winning prose. Seriously, good for Dame. Much deserved.

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On Wednesday, Green Bay lost 72-70 to mighty D2 Michigan Tech (actually a very good, lower level opponent), another game in which Anthony (Dublin High/USF) Roy didn't make an appearance.

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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to DeAndre Minor for being selected as Cal Maritime’s first-ever Gilman Scholarship recipient. This highly competitive scholarship will help DeAndre build skills critical to our national security by providing the opportunity to study abroad. Proud of our #SkylineMBBFam."

The 6-foot-5 Minor prepped at Carlmont High. Congrats go out to him. No, I was never in the running for the Gilman Scholarship either.

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UC Santa Cruz fell 91-85 to Redlands on Wednesday despite receiving 19 points, 13 rebounds and a trio of blocked shot from 6-foot-9 junior Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy. 5-foot-11 senior guard Ryan (Serra High/Skyline College/) Wilson led the Banana Slugs with seven assists.

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6-foot-5 feshman guard Mario (Venture Academy - Stockton) Williams Jr. scored 21 points in 19 minutes alongside securing seven boards and nabbing four steals in a 73-71 Western Oregon University victory over Linfield College (OR).

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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week Daniel Bibioff (Kerman) Sr.

We don’t need to look up Kerman’s location like we do for many of our weekly players of the week because we just did that a couple of weeks ago when the school’s football team was selected to play in a NorCal regional championship after winning the CIF Central Section D3 championship. Kerman isn’t far to the west of Fresno and was the furthest north school to win a section football title along with Central of Fresno in D1-AA.

Speaking of section titles, Bibioff made a name for himself in last season’s CIF Central Section D4 basketball final when he came up with a steal in the final seconds to give the Lions a 61-60 win vs Kerman.

Perhaps because of that momentum from last season, Daniel has erupted as a scoring machine this season. The 6-foot-2 senior guard had 41 points in his first game vs Sanger West and last week he remained on fire.

In a 70-50 win last week vs Chavez of Delano, Bibioff poured in 38 points. He then ended with week with a 51-point explosion in a 81-39 triumph over Firebaugh. Entering a game later this week vs Madera, Daniel is averaging 36.3 points to rank among the leading reported scorers in the state. He also was averaging 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 steals per game."

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Jordan Mehta: "In a win over Madera, Kingsburg’s Gus Swenning breaks the school single game scoring record with 49 points."

One look at the 6-foot-6 frontcourter : "Swenning is an athletic and physical forward that controls the glass and spaces the floor with the 3-ball. Swenning had a solid 8 points and 6 rebounds in his first game, which earned him a spot in the Top 30 Game where he had 8 points and 8 rebounds connecting on a pair of threes. Swenning uses his size to control the boards, has good touch on finishes around the basket, can play back to the basket or facing up, has enough handle to get downhill off the perimeter, and is a threat beyond the arc. Swenning has good bounce, alters shots around the cup, and gets up the court in transition to make himself available for easy layups and dunks. Swenning could be a key piece for Clovis North, as they look to replace the post presence of Jaylen Bryant and Malik Musleh."

He was attending Clovis North High but now seems to be at Kingsburg High.

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Wed, Dec 18, NCAA D1 scores

LeMoyne 80, Dartmouth 76 box. Freshman Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen scored 13 points shooting 4-9, 2-3 and 3-4, grabbed three boards and dished out a trio of assists in 38 minutes, most on the team.

Bradley 66, San Francisco 64 box. USF guard Malik Thomas buried a trey at the buzzer for the final score. The Dons led by two at the half.

UC Davis 74, Idaho 66 box. Ty Johnson led the Aggies with 19 points while Vandal Takai (Vanden High/Sunrise Prep) Hardy earned a 13 point, 10 rebound double-double.

Santa Clara 94, Kennesaw State 74 box. The Broncos shot 50% overall and made 27-34 free throws.

Washington 89, Washington State 73 box. for UW, forward Tyler (Granada High/Portland) Harris tallied 14 points but grabbed just a single rebund in 34 minutes.

Thu, Dec 19, NCAA D1 scores

Incarnate Word 101, Schreiner 57 box. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman provided 13 points, five boards and two assists versus a DIII opponent. Without really focusing, it initially looked like IW was going up against the Shriners.

St. Mary's 73, Merrimack 68 box. Mitchell Saxen loomed large with 18 points plus 12 caroms and teammate Paulius Murauskas demonstrated his almost equal effectiveness via 18 points and 11 boards.

Texas 98, New Orleans 62 box. Jordan (Freedom High/Prolific Prep/Oregon State) Pope exploded for 42 points as the Longhorns finished one basket shy of the century mark. He took a total of 21 shots and shot 8-12 from three-point range.

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Wed, Dec 18, CCCMBCA scores

Cañada College 74, Merced College 73

Cosumnes River College 84, DeAnza College 52 full box 6-foot-7 freshman Mason (Whitney High) Marsh enjoyed the best stat game for the victors with 16 points (6-9, 1-1, 3-4 shooting respectively) plus nine boards, four assists and three steals.

Lower Columbia 89, Monterey Peninsula College 67

Chabot College 78, Diablo Valley College 66

Thu, Dec 19, CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 119, Merritt College 51

West Valley College 70, Sierra College 64

College of San Mateo 75, Reedley College 65 Reedley box

Contra Costa College 88, Butte College 76

Los Medanos College 66, Mendocino College 62

College of the Sequoias 82, Cerritos College 53 box. Leyton McGovern led the charge with 29 points plus 10 boards, four assists and two steals. Tyree (Burbank High) Gill finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a trio of steals. 

College of Alameda 64, Solano College 63

Yuba College 83, College of Marin 68

Shasta College 91, Foothill College 86

DeAnza College 65, American River College 51

Skyline College 85, Lemoore College 70 

College of the Redwoods 74, Pasadena City College 68

San Joaquin Delta College 95, Simpson University JV 67

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Potpourri Dec 18

News Bits

The Mercury News is reporting that guard Jalen Stokes, who left Dublin High for Dougherty Valley High in late July, has been denied athletic eligibility at DVH. Stokes will appeal the curious timed ruling. The distance between the schools is 4.8 miles. Stokes signed with UC Davis in November.

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Ethan Kassell: "Hard to express just how much better USF is when Ryan Beasley gets to direct the offense. Created so much more for Malik Thomas. Amazing turnaround from the first 13 minutes."

So why isn't the 5-foot-11 sophomore Beasley starting or playing more minutes?

In 10 games/no starts and 25 minutes a contest, Beasley is averaging 5.6 points on 39%, 28% and 69% shooting respectively. Additionally, he has 21 assists to 11 turnovers thus far. What has no accessible number is his effectiveness in operating the USF offense and how he sets up his teammates.

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Coach Manfredi: "Congrats to Aiden Rollins for becoming the 6th player in Franklin High athletics history to eclipse the 1,000 point scoring mark! This outstanding student, player, & young man reached the milestone in his 66th game!"

Here's our 2023 Rollins feature.

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San Jose City College Coach Devin Aye checks in on former top talent Isaiah Sams-Hoy who is playing at Alaska Fairbanks.

ISH graduated from Eastside College Prep and attended Chabot College and SJCC before heading north.

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6-foot-11 Aussie Charles Johnston enjoyed a very solid season -- 13.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game -- at Cal State Monterey Bay in 2023-24, then went portaling and signed with Furman University located in South Carolina. Thus far this season, in eight game/no starts and 12.6 minutes a contest, he is averaging 7.1 points and 2.6 rebounds with shooting percentages of 55%, 43% and 75%. He has two bigs in front of him, one a grad student who will be departing after the season and the other a 6-foot-11 sophomore.

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"The top five teams — San Francisco, Fullerton, Las Positas, West Valley and Citrus — remained unchanged in this week’s CCCMBCA Poll. However, after that, there was a lot of movement, some significant..."

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Jake Lieberman: "6'9 prospect Luke Oxford out of Seminole State College is receiving interest from the following programs:

• Northwestern State
• Tarleton State
• Houston Christian
• UAPB
• Central Oklahoma
• East Central
• MSU Denver
• Menlo"

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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6'4 guard Noah George from Bella Vista Prep HS (AZ) is in contact with the following, he's told me:

• Washington
• Arizona State (Offer)
• Georgia Tech (O)
• Oregon (O)
• UCSB (O)
• Bowling Green (O)
• NAU (O)
• Cal 
• New Mexico State"

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JUCO For Playing Time: "JC Stats: 5’11 Freshman Guard Trey Knight of Tacoma CC had a standout performance with 31 points, 4 rebounds, and shooting 10-16 from the field. Knight, a transfer from Cal State East Bay, is averaging 10.9 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists through 9 games in the NWAC."

Great point explosion and credit is deserved -- at his size, he'll need to be a point at a four-year school so do keep track of his assist totals throughout the season. Here's hoping he is positioned at the point.

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UC Merced Men's Basketball: "Austin Dewes making some noise! Dewes recorded a career-high four blocks at Cal State Monterey Bay and is your Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Week. He is just the fifth player in program history with at least four blocks in a game!"

The 6-foot-10 sophomore is out of Alhambra High in Martinez.

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6-foot-3 sophomore Aidan (Archbishop Mitty/Phillips Exeter Academy) Burke has played in all 11 games/no starts at close to 12 minutes an outing  for 9-2 UC San Diego this season. He is shooting remarkably well considering his fairly brief court times (47%, 47%, 40% shooting respectively) and averaging 4.6 points per contest.

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Monday, Dec 16 NCAA D1 scores

Texas Tech  , Oral Roberts  box. From the backcourt, Chance (Bethel High/Golden State College Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian provided a team high 20 points plus five assists in shooting 8-9, 3-4 and 1-1 respectively while wing Darrion (Capital Christian/Bishop Gorman/Nevada) Williams led TT with nine assists and added 10 points.

Northern Iowa 104, Montana 76 box. NI bopped Montana in both 20 minute sessions (48-34 and 56-42) despite Montana's Money (Oakland High) Williams finishing with 15 points in 25 minutes.

Tuesday, Dec 17 NCAA D1 scores

Oregon State 82, Sacramento State 45 box. A 52-25 OSU second half put the game out of reach.

Stanford 74, Merrimack 68 box. Oziyah (Modesto Christian High/USC) Sellers paced the Cardinal with 19 points and teammate Maxime Reynaud posted a 16 point, 16 rebound double-double. 

Drake 73, Kansas State 70 OT box. For KS, Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins filled the stat sheet with 16 points, five boards, five assists, four steals and a pair of blocked shots.

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Tuesday, Dec 17 CCCMBCA scores

Citrus College 94, Fresno City College 77 box.

Porterville College 68, College of San Mateo 64

San Joaquin Delta College 60. Lower Columbia College 51

College of Alameda 77, Napa Valley College 69 

Yuba College 95, Solano College 58

Columbia College 91, Gavilan College 76 

Foothill College 92, Sacto City College 79

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Potpourri, Dec 16

News Bits

This one is the best interview of Wells to date: "How Grizzlies guard Jaylen Wells went from Division II to All-Rookie Team Candidate"

In it, Wells gives props to his stay at Sonoma State with: "...It started in high school when I committed there. Everybody was telling me I should’ve gone Division I and tried to walk on. I thought that was the best decision for me to be in a program that wanted me there, had a plan for my development, and allowed me to be a leader by developing on and off the floor..."

And: "...Shout out to Sonoma State because they helped me get to Washington State. At the end of the season, we had a conversation, and they said they’d do anything they could to get me to the best place possible, which I’d assume is not common for every school..."

Give credit to Sonoma State Head Coach Rich Shayewitz.

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"Demarreya Lewis-Cooper from Cal Poly Pomona claims FloCollege/CCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week"

He has made a remarkably quick adjustment to four-year ball from the JC level (Yuba College).

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"Sixers’ Jared McCain Out Indefinitely With Torn Meniscus"

McCain spent his early years in Sacto.

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"Warriors To Acquire Dennis Schröder From Nets"

The veteran guard is having likely the best season of his career. It should only get better playing alongside Mr. Curry.

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"Maxime Raynaud: A rapidly emerging star in the 2025 NBA Draft class"

Don't necessarily see him as an NBA center defensively, more a power forward but what do I know.

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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week

Will Corbett (Bellarmine Prep, San Jose) Jr.

There could be another solid early season outing for Will that we’re missing as his totals for 3-0 Bellarmine’s win on Tuesday vs Monte Vista of Danville (which was 4-1 entering the night) were not yet reported.

Corbett ended his sophomore season helping the Bells reach the CIF NorCal D2 semifinals where they fell to Oakland High and by just three points. Corbett, a crafty point guard, had 20 points in a 62-60 overtime win in the second round vs Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland. He was named first team All-West Catholic Athletic League, a strong honor as a sophomore in the best league in Northern California.

To start this season, Corbett didn’t have to do much in Bellarmine’s 66-29 win vs Half Moon Bay but still ended with 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds. He had 30 points in his second game, which was a 56-41 victory over Fremont of Oakland at the NorCal Ultimate Challenge.

Corbett also is coming into this season after enjoying a strong summer played for the Jalen Green Elite travel program. He had numerous writeups on recruiting platforms and is started to get mid-level D1 recruiting interest."

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Damarion Vann-Kelly: "First of all I wanna thank God and give all the glory to God for this opportunity! I wanna thank Coach Austin Claunch for this opportunity! Blessed to receive another Division 1 offer from UTSA."

I believe this is his third offer—all very recent.

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Jake Lieberman: "2025 6'8 guard Edvard Marius Herter out of Terror Prep is hearing from Pacific University, Cornell, Colorado Mesa, Gillete (Offer), among others.Just had a triple double against DME (22 points, 14 rebounds & 10 assists). From Estonia & played on their national team."

Yep, Terror Prep is real and located in Toronto.

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"Luke Harris tabbed MIAC Offensive Player of the Week"

Harris is a 6-foot-1 senior guard out of Piedmont High who has developed a solid game playing up in Canada.

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Located in Elk Grove, Monterey Trail High is killing it in early play—here are some recent scores:

"Final From Fresno: Monterey Trail 77, San Leandro 53

devdorrough4 23p 8r 2 blks;   DWhite2025 17p 5r 6a..."

"Final From Fresno: Monterey Trail 63, Pitman 50

ahzeill 16p (4-7 3P) 7r;   Rashawn Inglemon 12p 3r 3a;   devdorrough4 12p 5r 3 blks;   Elias Roche 11p 8..."

and

"Behind contributions from everyone, Trail beats Mitty 60-50

Rashawn Inglemon 16p 4r 2a;   devdorrough4 13p 6r;   ahzeill 11p 6r... "

and

Trail's only loss is a 67-58 defeat by Clovis West High

"devdorrough4 29p 12 reb 4 blks;   Elias Roche 7p 7reb 3blks"

Clovis West was the tourney host.

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Ethan Kassel: "Final: Salesian Prep 70, San Ramon Valley 68 Elias Obenyah puts back his own miss with 1.2 left to win it for Salesian Prep. The Pride will face Archbishop Riordan in the GIBT championship, a rematch of March’s Northern California Open Division Championship."

Ethan Kassell: "Final: Riordan 52, Salesian 51. Salesian had two free throws with 1.3 left and missed both. Archbishop Riordan HS Basketball wins its second Gridley championship and its first since 2006. Salesian Prep turned a 12-point deficit into a 5-point lead, but missed four free throws in the final 30 seconds."

Ethan Kassell: "The winning shot was Jasir Rencher’s 3-pointer with 13 seconds left. He went scoreless in a NorCal Open Division Championship loss to Salesian in March. Sweet redemption.These two teams, along with De La Salle, should be the three top teams in Northern California all year."

Ethan Kassell: "70th Official GIBT All-Tournament Team:

• Andrew Hilman, Riordan (Most Outstanding Player)
• Loukas Jones, Clovis North (Scoring Leader)
• McKae Amundsen, Clovis North
• Thomas Conley, San Ramon Valley
• Nes Emeneke, Riordan
• Elias Obenyah, Salesian
• Carlton Perrilliat Jr., Salesian
• Elijah Perryman, Clayton Valley
• Jasir Rencher, Riordan
• Jaylen Valdez, Destiny Christian"

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Coach Carter’s first game back at Richmond High underscores how times have changed.

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Other Scores

Last Thursday, Cal State U Monterey Bay bested visiting UC Merced 69-62 as the Sea Otters shot 50% overall, 11-18 on trey attempts and 8-10 at the foul line. For the Merced-ites, Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown totaled 16 points plus three boards with teammate Aidan (Dougherty Valley High/Regis University) Sevilla adding 13 points and a team high three assists.

On Saturday

Chico State hosted and beat Cal Poly Humboldt 93-81 with three Wildcats scoring 20+ points—conference scoring leader JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy led with 26 points (as well as five assists), Isaiah (St. Francis High/Montana) Kerr totaled 24 and Miles (De La Salle) Daniels 22. Rob Diaz paced Humboldt with 23 points.

On the road, Cal State East Bay topped Seattle Pacific 71-64 as 6-foot-5 senior Teiano (Vanden High/Sacramento State) Hardee's 17 points paced the Pioneers. He shot 5-9, 2-4 and 5-6 respectively.

Despite falling 88-67 at home to Mount Vernon Nazarene, Illyaas (Marysville High/Yuba College) Rafiq totaled 19 points including five treys and point Drew (Galt High/Sacramento City College) Fischer dishes out six assists in 21 minutes for Cal Maritime.

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Friday, Dec 13 NCAA scores

Weber State 73, Utah Tech 71 box. Nigel (Archbishop Mitty/CCSF/Idaho/Utah State) Burris came close to a double double with nine points plus eight rebounds.

Sat, Dec 14, NCAA scores

UMassLowell 92, Dartmouth 83 box. Freshman guard Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen scored 28 points in 38 minutes and also led the Big Green in assists with six. He shot 8-16. 6-8 and 6-6 respectively.

California 84, Northwestern State 66 box. The Bears used a 48-33 second half to pull away from NS as Andrej (Jesuit High/Stanford) Stojakovic exploded for 31 points. He shot 10-14, 4-6 and 7-8 respectively, adding seven rebounds, four assists and a trio of rejections.

Santa Clara 84, Bradley 74 box. In Henderson, Nevada, Elijah (West Valley College) Mahi paced the Broncos scoring with 23 points.

Boise State 67, St. Mary's 65 OT box. None of the Gael "primary shooters" enjoyed even a solid night. The best that can be gleaned is redshirt freshman Andrew (Granada High) McKeever going for nine points and eight boards in 24 minutes. Paulius Murauskas played but 14 minutes and was likely injured either prior to the game or during it.

San Jose State University 107, Cal Poly 100 OT box. Sadaidriene Hall posted a 33 point, 11 rebound double-double and teammate Josh Uduje lined up 23 and 10 as the Spartans were firing on all pistons offensively. But so was Cal Poly. However, defending for both teams received a DNP.

UC Davis 69, Sacramento State 62 box. Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame/CCSF/ Alberta) Vaughns of the Hornets proved to be the best local on either team with a total of 15 points on 5-8, 3-4, -2 shooting.

UNLV 72, Pacific 65 box.The Tigers earned six more free throw attempts but were out-shot in long distance (going a paltry 4-21) and overall accuracy. Pacific is now 0-6 on the road.

Seattle 111, Pacific OR 44 box 6-foot-8 forward Will (Williams High - Marin County) Heimbrodt scored 11 points in 23 minutes during his first extensive playing time for the Redhawks.

Hawai'i 71, Texas A&M CC 62 box. Marcus (Archbishop Mitty/Houston Christian) Greene concluded with 15 points in the win

Sun, Dec 15, NCAA scores

Incarnate Word 93, Our Lady of The Lake 69 box. 6-foot-5 senior Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman scored 23 points (10-14 overall shooting, 3-4 on treys) in 31 minutes as host IW, what else, sank Our Lady of The Lake in San Antonio.

San Francisco 76, Loyola Chicago 66 box. A 52-38 second half powered the Dons to victory after tallying just 24 points in the first 20 minutes. Guard Malik Thomas exploded for 35 points on 11-16, 2-4, 11-12 shooting respectively.

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Fri, Dec 13 CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 99, College of the Redwoods 71

West Valley College 70, Chabot College 58

San Jose City College 89, College of the Siskiyous 45

Feather River College 79, College of the Sequoias 72

Santa Rosa Junior College 65, Skyline College 57

Yuba College 77, Sierra College 71

Allan Hancock 55, Monterey Peninsula College 50

Fullerton College 72, Modesto Junior College 56 box. Fullerton game report. A 40-25 start after 20 minutes proved too difficult for Modesto to overcome. The Hornets are looking like the #1 team in the Southland.

Solano College 86, Folsom Lake College 82 box. Justiz (Vanden High) Wilson tallied 32 points in the victory, on a total of 12 shot attempts, including 4-8 on treys plus 12-12 on free throws. Miko (El Dorado High) Bear led FLC with 17 points.

Butte College 102, Sacramento City College 88 CCCMBCA: "Sacramento City’s leaders tonight: Freshman Exander (Christian Brothers) Irving - Romero 16 points, Freshman Jayden (El Dorado High) Ferriera 16 points, Sophomore Sid (Monterey Trail High) Duplessis 14 points."

Mendocino College 84, Hartnell College 78

Sat, Dec 14, CCCMBCA scores

Columbia College, Gavilan College postponed due to weather

Ohlone College 73, San Joaquin Delta College 72 OC's top three scorers: Amos Hodgson 15 pts, 3 reb /// Michael Fastion 14 pts, 7 reb;   Ryan Unkelbach 14 pts.

San Jose City College 74, Mendocino College 53

College of the Siskiyous 96, Monterey Peninsula College 69

Allan Hancock College 93, Hartnell College 43

College of the Sequoias 80, Lassen College 78

Yuba College 84, Shasta College 79

Fresno City College 98, DeAnza College 91

Cosumnes River College 91, Solano College 52

Feather River College, College of Marin postponed due to weather

Contra Costa College 79, Diablo Valley College 74

College of the Redwoods 84, Cabrillo College 69

Merritt College 88, Napa Valley College 77 MerrittHoops: "Tristan (College Park High) Ali led the Panthers with 25pts and 7 threes and Le’Brie (Moreau Catholic High) Goudy-Lee added 19pts."

Cañada College 92, Foothill College 83

San Diego City College 57, Modesto Junior College 52 box

College of San Mateo 78, Los Medanos College 71

Sun, Dec 15, CCCMBCA scores

no games

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Potpourri, Dec 13

News Bits

6-foot-6, 175 frosh Ahsan Huff, aka Mr. Rebound at Vanden High last season, chose to take his skills to Columbia College and play for Coach Rob Hoyt. In 12 games this season, Huff is far ahead of his conference competitors with 15.6 boards a contest. Also, his output on the glass had him tied for the state lead. 72 of his 187 caroms have come on offense. Huff has played in 12 games/starts and is shooting 52% plus 61% (no trey attempts, 59 shots at the foul line) in averaging 10.8 points per night. He has 29 assists to 24 turnovers, 25 steals and 14 blocked shots. Huff just enjoyed 17 points and 13 rebounds, seven offensive versus Cabrillo College.

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6-foot-8, 250 Jordahn (Weston Ranch High/Las Positas College/Cal Poly Humboldt) Johnson has surfaced as part of the announced 2024-25 recruiting class at DII University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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Nathalio Gray Jr. (NJ): "After a great talk with Coach Hunter, I’m blessed to receive my third division 1 offer from Stanford. Thank you to the coaching staff for believing in me."

The 6-foot-1 Gray is a 2027 guard attending The Branson School. His other offers are from California and Pepperdine.

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NBA Central: "The Brooklyn Nets are open to trading Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith and Dennis Schroder, per Shams Charania. The Golden State Warriors are interested in all three players. “The Nets have received trade interest and opened exploratory conversations around forwards Cam Johnson and Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Dennis Schroder, sources said…The Warriors are among the teams that have expressed interest in those three players, sources said.”

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UC Merced Bobcats: "Congrats to Jaron Mertle for earning Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Week honors after two more big Bobcat wins, including a 76-60 win over No. 7 The Master’s in which Mertle had 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal!"

Mertle is out of Clear Lake High.

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San Jose State University recruiting news — "Timo George: "Blessed to receive an offer from San Jose State University." 

The 6-foot-7 George is a 2025 wing currently at the IMG Academy in Florida. He currently has other offers from Bradley plus Portland as well as Penn State, Indiana State University, Coastal Carolina University, Sam Houston State, and St. Bonaventure. George is a member of the Dutch national squad.

One late April 2024 description: "A mismatch with his size, strength and diverse skill set, Timo George got whatever he wanted against OSA. George is a tweener, capable of playing both the 3 and the 4. He uses his brute strength and soft touch when in the paint banging for hoops, but can also stretch out to the wing and attack downhill with a quick first step. Timo finishes with dunks and is a workhorse on the offensive glass earning second and third chances."

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More Golden State Warrior updates:

"Warriors Entering Final Stage Of Deciding Whether To Keep Or Trade Jonathan Kuminga"

"Kerr's brutal rotation move may give hint to Warriors trade plans"

"Jimmy Butler may be on the trade block, but there's only one team that actually makes sense for him"

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"Court Report: The details on why AJ Dybantsa chose BYU and how much NIL money the No. 1 recruit is set to make"

The young man could have chosen Hell U for a $5 million NIL paycheck because his eight month or so stretch there would still be quite comfortable. All the other BYU players will be wanting to come over to Dybantsa's place, or that of his family, which won't be apartments.

This article has Dybantsa's NIL figure as $7 million.

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Matt McGavic: "Pat Kelsey was asked how emotionally draining it is to face Duke, Kentucky this weekend and also face a physical UTEP team: "I mean, we get a bunch of free sneakers. I wear sweat suits to work. My kids are healthy, my wife's hot."

ULouisville Coach Kelsey puts matters into perspective. But then again he's not at Podunk U with a $5K recruiting budget and alumni who have national championship expectations.

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Arman Jovic: "...Alec (De La Salle) (Blair) is a dual sport athlete projected to be a better baseball player and likely follow that route post college..."

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Stellar Hoops: "Class of 2025 6’5 La Lumiere (IN) Melvin Bell is committed to San José State. Melvin thrives in transition, fierce attacker, can hit jumpers, athletic finisher, plays physical on both ends of the floor, rebounds, doesn’t stop moving off the ball, changes direction easily & smart."

Like with Ben Roseborough out of Sacramento, SJSU doesn't land this young man if he didn't get injured a while back. The power programs moved on to other bluechippers.

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"There Were 1,170-Plus Police Killings in the U.S. Last Year. Colin Kaepernick Is Fact-Checking Them, One Autopsy at a Time"

I'll go to my grave (which likely won't be all that much longer from now) praising Kaepernick for the help he has provided to ordinary people. The man has a good heart. Missed this article from April 2023 in SI.

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Aaron Johnson: "SJSU men’s basketball head coach Tim Miles said Center Chol Marial (ankle) “probably could have played tonight” in the 117-80 win against Lincoln (CA)."

The Spartans need their 7-footer back even if he comes off the bench. Another Spartan 7-footer has missed the entire season with a foot injury thus far.

Other Four Year Scores

On Saturday, Menlo College fell 77-74 to Vanguard University despite Landon (Healdsburg High) Seaman posting a 22 point (shooting 10-15 overall) , 12 rebound (five offensive) double-double for MC.

Wed, Dec 11, NCAA D1 scores

San Diego State 81, Cal Baptist 75 box. For the Aztecs, Miles (Lincoln High) Byrd led the charge with 19 points on 5-9, 4-6 and 5-6 shooting. 

San Francisco 68, Stanislaus State 52 box. The game was tied 33 apiece at halftime. The 6-14 FT accuracy for the Dons is an anomaly to be dismissed but 6-22 from treyland is a tad concerning. USF was taller and more athletic than the D2 opponent and a 14-7 offensive rebound advantage illustrates such.

Milwaukee 88, Green Bay 67 box. 6-foot-5 senior Anthony (Dublin High/USF) Roy was back for GB and scored 20 points, shooting 6-13, 2-5, 6-6 respectively in 33 minutes.

Notre Dame 77, Dartmouth 65 box. 5-foot-11 freshman guard Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen started and played 32 minutes for the Ivy Leaguers scoring 10 points (4-7, 2-4, 0-1 shooting respectively) alongside two rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.

Thur, Dec 12, NCAA D1 scores

Iowa State 89, Iowa 80 box. Former St. Mary's Gael Joshua Jefferson led the Cyclones in each category with 19 points, 10 boards and seven assists.

Los Medanos College 87, Foothill College 77

Wed, Dec 11, CCCMBCA scores

West Valley College 85, Napa Valley College 53 WVC recap

Contra Costa College 79, Merritt College 67

Diablo Valley College 90, Solano College 83 DVC box

Thur, Dec 12, CCCMBCA scores

Las Positas College 91, Gavilan College 66

Ohlone College 83, College of Alameda 82 For OC, 6-foot-7 freshman Gabriel Lopez finished with 15 rebounds, 13 points and five rejections.

San Jose City College 58, Allan Hancock College 47

Mendocino College 83, Monterey Peninsula College 74

College of the Siskiyous 77, Hartnell College 68

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