News Bits
Sat, Dec 7, NCAA D1 scores
St. John's 88, Kansas State 71. box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins provided 11 points, nine boards, four steals and three assists during 32 minutes in the loss. His shooting was off at 4-12, 0-3, 3-4.
UC Davis 71, UC Santa Barbara 60. box. Ty Johnson was in the lead for the Aggies with 23 points as three other starters produced 11 points apiece. Johnson added eight boards, four assists and three steals.
St. Mary's 72, Utah 63. box. It was Gael time in Salt Lake City as Paulius Murauskas exploded for 29 points. Coach Randy Bennett's crew burst out to a 39-22 lead after 20 minutes.
Santa Clara 81, Fresno State 66. box. Four Broncos scored in double figures as Santa Clara won both 20 minute sessions.
Illinois State 72, Pacific 61 box. The Tigers fell in Normal, IL despite four starters finishing in double figures. However, the bench supplied just five points.
Long Beach State 76, Hawai'i 68. box. Marcus (Archbishop Mitty/Houston Christian) Greene was out in front for the Rainbow Warriors with 17 points. In 15 minutes of court time, Aaron (Salesian Prep) Hunkin-Claytor scored four points but his four assists led Hawai'i.
Stanford 89, California 81. box. Maxime Reynaud paced the Cardinal with 20 points plus five shotblocks and Oziyah (Modesto Christian) Sellers scored 16 at 5-11-3-6 and 3-4 shooting. Former Stanford player Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic led the Bears with 25 points but took 25 shots and made 11. Stanford led 47-31 at the half.
Omaha 70, Sacramento State 60. box. The Hornets shot 36% overall, 31% on treys but did get 26 foul shots, making 20. Omaha was perfect at the foul line but just 8-8. Go figure the outcome.
St. Thomas Minnesota 88, Montana 81. box. Money (Oakland High) Williams finished with 14 points, six boards and four assists in the losing cause.
Sun, Dec 8, NCAA D1 score
Texas A&M 72 Texas Tech 67. box. Chance (Bethel High/Prolific Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian led TT with 23 points, shooting 5-10 from long distance..
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Fri, Dec 6, CCCMBCA scores
City College San Francisco 78, College of the Sequoias 56 Thought this would be much closer. John Bynum Jr.: "Rickey Mitchell Jr. had 17 points and Vitor Oliveria added 16 points as San Francisco crushed Sequoias 78-56 on Friday evening. Jaiden (Hanford High) Haire had 16 points in the loss for the Giants."
Las Positas College 91, College of the Siskiyous 77
Columbia College 94, Folsom Lake College 79
Chabot College 56, Long Beach City College 47 Freshmen Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin led the victors with 18 points (13-17 on FTs) and Amani (Salesian Prep) Johnson enjoyed 15.
Ohlone College 72, Gavilan College 51
Irvine Valley College 80, Hartnell College 66. IVC box.
Yuba College 71, Butte College 52
Foothill College 77, Monterey Peninsula College 65
Cabrillo College 84, College of Alameda 72
Feather River College 76, San Joaquin Delta College 74
Cosumnes River College 61, Shasta College 55
Merced College 84, Sacramento City College 83
Fresno City College 71, Sierra College 58
Mendocino College 83, College of the Redwoods 75
Merritt College 63, Lemoore College 57
Reedley College , Lassen College
Modesto Junior College 111, El Camino College 59 MJC wins the night with the largest point differential.
Sat, Dec 7, CCCMBCA scores
Las Positas College 71, Lassen College 38
Columbia College 83, Yuba College 66
West Valley College 73, Contra Costa College 64
Modesto Junior College 78, Merced College 69
West Los Angeles College 86, Chabot College 73. full box Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin led CC with 24 points.
Skyline College 60, Diablo Valley College 51
Monterey Peninsula College 73, Hartnell College 69
Shasta College 59, Reedley College. RC box
Butte College 78, Folsom Lake College 62
San Jose City College 89, College of San Mateo 84 OT
Irvine Valley College 86, Foothill College 81
Sacramento City College 106, El Camino College 71 CCCMBCA: "Sacramento City’s Sid (Monterey trail High) Duplessis scored 19 points in the win over El Camino and earned All Tournament. Teammates Brandon (Cosumnes Oaks High) Hayward added 19 points; Exander (Christian Brothers) Irving-Romero had 14 points, and Aaron (Elk Grove High) Gillyard chipped in 10 points with 10 assists."
College of Alameda 76, Lemoore College 67. CoA box CoA played just seven guys but it was enough.
Santa Barbara City College 68, Sierra College 65
Cosumnes River College 91, College of the Siskiyous 40
Fresno City College 71, Cypress College 62
DeAnza College 70, Gavilan College 65
Cabrillo College 80, Merritt College 65
Southwestern Oregon 75, College of the Redwoods 65
Sun, Dec 8, CCCMBCA scores
Columbia College 85, Cabrillo College 81 Both the head coaches opposing each other here -- Rob Hoyt and James Page -- started out assisting at Cabrillo College. Both now run successful programs. Credit them and former Cabrillo head coach Tony Marcopulos, too.
Folsom Lake College 99, Lemoore College 85
Butte College 66, College of Alameda 61. CoA box
Southwestern Oregon College 75, Mendocino College 64
Yuba College 78, Merritt College 66
College of the Redwoods 98, Simpson University JV 59
Citrus College 134, Santiago Canyon College 126 30T. Tyler (San Ramon Valley High) Isaak finished with 23 points and seven boards in the win.
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Other scores, Thursday, December 5
UC Merced took down The Master's University 9-2 basketball program 76-60 with five players scoring in double figures. Jayson Wiltz led with 14 points, Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown added 13 and Jaron (Clear Lake High) Mertle provided team highs of 13 boards and five assists. The Bobcats tightened up on defense and put together a 38-25 second 20 minutes.
Cal Poly Pomona defeated Cal State San Marcos 72-65 behind 22 points from Demarreya (Enterprise High/Yuba College) Lewis-Cooper. He shot 7-12, 4-5 and 2-4.
Other scores, Friday, December 6
6-foot-5 junior Caden (Miramonte High) Breznikar posted a 21 point, 13 rebound double-double and 6-foot-9 Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy just missed one with 21 points and nine boards (in just 15 minutes) during the UC Santa Cruz 83-80 overtime defeat of host Denison University.
Other scores, Saturday, December 6
Powered by 6-foot-3 Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown's 39 points (and nine boards) plus 21 points and 10 rebounds from Charles Elijah, UC Merced slammed Lincoln University 117-72.
5-foot-11 guard Ryan (Serra High/Skyline College) Wilson went for team bests of 20 points and four assists but UC Santa Cruz fell 91-72 on the road to Washington University.
In double overtime, Demarreya (Enterprise High/Yuba College) Lewis-Cooper scored 24 points as Cal Poly Pomona bested Sonoma State 88-80.
At home, Chico State topped San Francisco State 79-62 with JoJo Murphy leading the way with 21 points.
Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones topped Stanislaus State with both 20 points and eight boards but his squad fell 67-56 down south to Cal State Los Angeles.
Up in Arcata, Beril Kabamba 's 23 points and eight rebounds -- team highs -- carried Cal State East Bay to an 81-76 victory versus Humboldt State. The Pioneers shot 52% overall and 42% on 19 trey attempts.
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Zach White: "Blessed to receive an offer from California Berkeley!"
White is a 6-foot-6 2026 wing and recent took an unofficial visit. Stanford also has interest.
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Modesto Junior College Men's Basketball: "MJC guard Malachi Miller has received an offer from Academy of Art (PacWest)."
Miller is a 6-foot-4 sophomore out of Central Catholic High. AoA is a very solid program.
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6-foot-8, 230 senior Nathan Ilunga is the leading scorer for Dominican University this season at 13.1 points per contest. He is shooting 54%, 44% and 88% respectively while grabbing 8.2 rebounds nightly and alongside 11 blocked shots in nine games/starts plus 32 minutes a night. Ilunga is a transfer from CCSF and a native of the Congo.
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"(6-foot Breydan) Worth was a sophomore last season at Napa Christian. He finished 84-for-126 on three-pointers for the single season three-point shooting percentage record of 67.0 percent."
What an amazing percentage even considering the level of the opposition.
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He walked away from earning millions annually at ESPN for a position paying $75k.
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Nicholas Podesta: "Standout performances for Clovis West against some of the State’s best competition: Spencer Kubit w/ 16 pts vs Inglewood in Season Opener, Jace Kellogg w/ 32 pts vs De La Salle on the road & Fresno State signee DJ Stickman w/ 14 pt 10 reb 11 ast triple double vs Clayton Valley."
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Loukas Jones: "Excited to break the school's 3 point record! More threes to come."
He's a 6-foot-3 2025 prospect and has checked out Fresno Pacific.
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At just under 20 minutes a game, Ben (College Park High/Diablo Valley College) Tellez is averaging 7.4 points a contest, in five outings/no starts for Cal Lutheran while shooting 39%, 32% and 7-7 at the foul line.
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