News Bits
Juco Recruiting: "Damarion (Monterey Trail High) Vann-Kelly from NEO A&M will be taking a visit to Stetson from December 20th-22nd. Kelly is averaging 23 PPG while shooting 62% from the field and 63% from three this season."
Three days in Florida during December, yessiree! Vann-Kelly is hitting Pacific just before Stetson. I believe it was San Francisco and SJSU expressing interest a while back -- let's see if those programs get visits.
Then it was: "First of all I wanna thank God and give all the glory to god for this opportunity! I wanna thank Coach Jon and Stan for this opportunity! Blessed to receive another Division 1 offer from The University of Southern Indiana."
Central Michigan offered earlier.
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NBA: "The @Kia NBA Rookies of the Month for October & November! #KiaPOTM
West: Jaylen Folsom High) Wells
East: Jared (born in Sacto) McCain"
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David Jeans: "So awesome that Alec Blair is going to UofOklahoma for both baseball and basketball. Multi-Sports work. Super proud of his hard work."
It will be a remarkable feat if Blair can be a factor for his college teams in both sports. In which sport does he have the most professional potential? And why Oklahoma?
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Click this link at Isaiah Ackerman's Twitter site to watch clips from his game this week.
Out of Aptos High in the 831, the 6-foot-4 Ackerman has always been proficient at getting to the basket. Now he is showing a solid mid-range jumper as well as from outside. He plays with Team Arsenal in the spring and summer.
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In seven games/starts and 23 minutes a contest, 6-foot-2 guard Jordan (Freedom High/Prolific Prep/Oregon State) Pope is averaging 7.9 points per game on 39%, 27% and 89% shooting respectively alongside an 18/3 assist to turnover numbers. He also has nine steals for the 6-1 Texas Longhorns.
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6-foot-1 guard Kameron (Monterey Trail High) Manning-Fuimaono is attending Mt. San Jacinto Community College (Riverside County) this year and in eight games/one start and 14.4 minutes a contest, he is averaging 7.3 points on 36%, 35% and 67% shooting respectively. He is averaging 2.0 assists but 2.4 turnovers an outing plus 1.5 rebounds nightly.
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Try this link to watch a video of some awesome moments of Aiden Mahaney.
Aiden (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney damn near lays out Coach Dan Hurley in celebrating a bucket during UConn's victory over Baylor on Wednesday.
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6-foot-5 Anthony (Dublin High/San Francisco) Roy leads the nation in D1 level scoring with 28.0 points per game. In nine games, Roy has 80 shots made, 45 of them three-pointers plus 47 free throws. He is shooting 52%, 45% and 84% respectively in nine games/nine starts and 34.4 minutes an outing. Add in 5.9 boards a night.
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"LSU basketball commit Mazi Mosley transfers across country for second time since July"
The 6-foot-5 four star talent is now at Prolific Prep.
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Wednesday, Dec 4, NCAA D1 Scores
Texas Tech 76, DePaul 62 box. Chance (Jesse Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian led TT with 22 points with Darrion (Capital Christian/Nevada) Williams finishing with 20 points. The Red Raiders pulled away in the second half.
San Diego State 84, Fresno State 62 box. The Bulldogs shot 27% overall, 19% from long distance and were out-boarded 53-39 but did earn 30 foul shots to 17 for the Aztecs. Guard BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis scored 13 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out three assist while teammate Miles (Lincoln High) Byrd produced nine points and 10 rebounds.
UConn 76, Baylor 72 box. The Huskies righted themselves after the straight losses with Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney scoring nine points on 3-4 shooting from long distance in 18 minutes.
New Mexico 83, San Jose State University 77 box. Josh Uduje led the Spartans with 22 points, Will McClendon enjoyed 20 but Donovan Yap went scoreless in 33 minutes. In 23 minutes, SJSU's Robert Vailhola scored 10 points, attempting just a trio of shots, pulled down 11 boards and blocked four shots.
Memphis 81, Louisiana Tech 71 box. In 33 minutes off the bench, 6-foot-3 Al (Franklin High/San Diego City College) Green finished with a team high 18 points, shooting 5-7 from three-point range.
Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne led with 20 points, plus six rebounds, but Northern Colorado stumbled 87-75 against St Thomas-Minnesota. box.
Thursday, Dec 5, NCAA D1 Scores
San Francisco 78, St. Louis 61 box. A 45-32 second half allowed the Dons to pull away for the victory. Malik Thomas led with 22 markers and his six rebounds placed him second on the team.
UC Davis 77, Cal Poly 66 box. Five Aggies finished in double figures led by guard Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla's 17. He shot 5-10. 3-6 and 4-4 respectively and added three boards plus a trio of assists.
Northwestern State 72, Incarnate Word 70 box. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman tallied 19 points in the losing cause, shooting 8-11 overall and 3-5 from long distance.
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Wednesday, Dec 4, CCCMBCA scores
East Los Angeles 91, San Jacinto College 77 box. Donjae (Weston Ranch High) Lindsey scored 17 points for the victors. Fellow guard Kameron (Monterey Trail High) Manning-Fuimaono tallied 15 points off the bench for SJC.
College of San Mateo 75, College of Alameda 74
Los Medanos College 71, Diablo Valley College 49
Thursday, Dec 5, CCCMBCA scores
City College San Francisco 94, Feather River College 56
West Valley College 78, Santa Rosa Junior College 77 SRJC box Played at Kezar Pavilion, Andrew (Rancho Cotate High) Pengel went off for 28 points and teammate Jaden (Justin Sienna High) Washington scored 22 points. The Bear Cubs shot 52% overall.
Las Positas College 87, Shasta College 68 Matt Schwab: "Seven wins in a row! Las Positas 83, Marin 68 Las Positas 7-0 Elijah Mobley 20 pts, Kentrell Kelly 12 pt, Jaden Woodard 12 pts..."
Fresno City College 78, Hartnell College 56
Chabot College 88, Los Angeles Valley College 64 box. Matthais (James Logan High) Moore led CC with 19 points in just 14 minutes of court time. He shot 5-8 overall and a deadly 9-10 at the foul line.
Sierra College 56, Irvine Valley College 54
College of the Sequoias 92, San Joaquin Delta College 63
Santa Barbara City College 85, Monterey Peninsula College 57
Cosumnes River College 72, Lassen College 54
Solano College 73, American River College 62 box. Justiz (Vanden High) Wilson totaled 33 points for the victors.
Cypress College 87, Foothill College 72
College of the Siskiyous 84, Reedley College 80
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