News Bits
Ethan Kassel: "BREAKING: Dougherty Valley has won its appeal to the CIF. Dublin High transfer and UC Davis commit Jalen Stokes is eligible to play, effective immediately."
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Sat, Dec 28, NCAA D1 scores and more
Boise State 73, San Jose State University 71 box. The host Spartans lost a seven point halftime lead. Former SJSU point Alvaro Cardenas finished with seven points on seven shot attempts, 10 assists and five turnovers in 38 minutes. A blocked Spartan layup with one second to go proved to be the difference.
Utah State 67, San Diego State 66 box. The Aztecs lost a nine-point halftime lead in San Diego.
UC Davis 109, Cal Maritime 46 box. A 61-20 initial 20 minutes broke the game open.
Santa Clara 91, Pepperdine 80 box. The host Broncos enjoyed a nine-point halftime lead and maintained it. Wing Elijah Mahi did not play for SC due to injury.
St. Mary's 70, Pacific 60 box. game preview. The host Gaels scored 34 and then 36 points in each half to Pacific's 17 and 43. In 35 minutes, former walk-on Luke (Piedmont High) Barrett posted a line of 20 points, 10 boards, five assists, two steals and one blocked shot.
San Francisco 70, Loyola Marymount 55 box. With the better defensive effort and more made treys, USF downed the squad from southern California. The Dons shot 11-34 from long distance and LMU went 3-19.
Sun, Dec 29, NCAA D1 scores and more
Minnesota 90, Morgan State 68 box. Mike (Archbishop Mitty/Pepperdine) Mitchell Jr. paced the Golden Gophers with 22 first half points, shooting 8-10 overall and 6-8 from long distance.
Green Bay loses again, this time 83-67 to Purdue Fort Wayne as Anthony (Dublin High/USF) Roy continues to ride the bench. But Roy is suffering from a lower body injury incurred on December 14.
Incarnate Word 99, Texas Lutheran 48 box. Shooting 7-11 overall and 4-5 from three-point range, Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman finished with 18 points plus five boards in the rout.
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Sat, Dec 28, CCCMBCA scores and more
Modesto Junior College 103, Folsom Lake College 63
Contra Costa College 71, Mendocino College 63
Santa Rosa Junior College 95, San Joaquin Delta College 66
Sun, Dec 29 CCCMBCA scores and more
Shasta College 65, Allan Hancock College 64 box.
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"Jim Larrañaga reveals 'ridiculous' conversations about NIL led him to retirement"
He is 75 and the world of recruitment he knows of is but a fond memory. A few coaches can afford to walk away but the vast majority can't. Miami should have a decent NIL honeypot to dole out but the makeups of new rosters nowadays is at best a projected guess.
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Ersin Demir's latest draft analysis has San Diego State sophomore Miles (Lincoln High) Byrd going to Boston with the 28th pick in the first round.
Santa Clara junior wing Elijah Mahi is still in the early-20s, heading to Oklahoma City at #23.
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Boss Mhoon: "Blessed to have received my first Division 1 offer from UC San Diego."
The 2028 King's Academy talent is a 6-foot-4, 170 pound wing with major grades.
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Damarion Vann-Kelly: "I will be @ Florida International University December 29th-31st!"
He's racking up an impressive number of frequent flyer miles. But will he go 3,000 miles away from home? He's at 1,800 in attending Northeast Oklahoma College.
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Jake Lieberman: "6’5 2027 SG Zachary Downer out of Hodan Prep in Canada tells me that he’s receiving interest from Clemson, Arizona State, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Sam Houston State & Youngstown State."
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Jake Lieberman: "6’2 guard Tobias Prall out of Southeast Arkansas Community College tells me that he’s gaining interest from Wagner, Academy Of Art University, Wheeling University, Virginia Union, Cape Breton, among others. In the past five games, Prall is averaging 24 points (54% 3PT) & 7 RPG."
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Arman Jovic: "6’6 Mantas Juzenas has committed to Saint Mary’s per JonasLeksas. Mantas has been one of the top youth Lithuanian prospects for a while now, making his commitment to Saint Mary’s a big one for them. He joins one of the Lithuanian’s best college players in Paulius Murauskas at Saint Mary’s. Mantas is currently averaging 5.3 PPG for Lithuania’s most prominent club playing behind 5 former NBA players like Lonnie Walker and Ignas Brazdeikis. Big time get for the Gaels."
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365 Recruits: "2027 7’0 Center, Obinna Ekezie Jr is an absolute beast on both sides of the ball. He dunks everything around the rim. He is a great shot blocker.
He currently holds offers from:
- Cal
- Houston
- Stanford
- Arizona St
- Texas A&M
- USC
- UCLA
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Alabama"
He's at Prolific Prep.
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