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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