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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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
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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