News Bits
"Men’s Basketball Topples Cairn in 2024 Finale, Zander (Salesian Prep) Jimenez Drops 22 Points"
22 points in 22 minutes. As a freshman guard, Zander Jimenez has adapted quickly to hoops at Swarthmore.
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Verbal Commits: "2027 Riviera Prep (CA) G Myles Fuentes has received an offer from Stanford."
Fuentes is a 6-foot-1 guard. South Florida has also offered the Puerto Rican talent as have Villanova, Radford and Jacksonville.
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It appears 6-foot-2 former Archbishop Mitty guard Tyler Jones is redshirting this season as a freshman at UC Riverside as he has yet to appear in a game this season.
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It also appears that 6-foot-3 former Archbishop Riordan guard Jordy McKenzie is reshirting this season as a freshman at Eastern Washington University as he has yet to appear in a game.
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Kort Jensen: "Great job Zander Jensen. 25 points on only 9 shots and 10 rebounds in a big win over Hanford. Zander Jensen 6’4” wing C/O 27 Redwood HS Visalia CA."
The son of a basketball coach whose father is a hoops coach. Landing this young man for 2027 will add a positive to any college program. It's fun to watch his fundamentals and his jumper is textbook.
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"Six former Florida State players sue coach Leonard Hamilton over failed NIL payments"
What a #$%@^&*+ mess. There will be no winners.
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6-foot-8 UC Santa Barbara freshman Zion (Archbishop Riordan) Sensley has appeared in nine games for a total of 80 minutes thus far. He is averaging a solid 5.9 points plus 1.2 boards an outing while shooting a remarkable 49%, 40% and 70% respectively. 25 of his 37 shot attempts have been three-pointers.
Does anyone still remember this?
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Skyline Basketball: "Record: 10-1, Team GPA: 3.50, Roster: All LOCAL kids
Just one of the many reasons we take so much pride in our program and #TheSkylineWay.
Year in & year out, we set the standard for Student-Athlete success.
9 of our 10 players achieved GPA’s higher than 3.0, with 6 earning 3.5+"
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On Sunday, UC Santa Cruz topped host Puget Sound 82-70 after posting a 47-30 halftime lead. Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy shot 11-14 on his way to 25 points and added 12 defensive rebounds. Teammate Andrew (Sacramento City College) Ferrara-Jones scored 18 points on 6-11- 3-6 and 3-4 shooting
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NBA G League: "Zyon (College Park High) Pullin posted his first career triple-double, recording career-high numbers across the board to help lead the Sioux Falls Sky Force to a double-digit 121-104 win over the Valley Suns."
Pullin shot 14-17, 1-3 and 5-6 respectively.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Isaiah Ackerman scored 26 points, and Aptos High's boys basketball team beat Monta Vista of Cupertino 67-45 to win the Gilroy Tournament on Saturday. Ackerman was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player."
Ackerman stands 6-foot-4 and is a 2025 prospect. Not many talents come out of the 831 but he's for real and already holds offers from UC Riverside and Cal Poly Humboldt.
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Mon, Dec 30, NCAA D1 scores
Sacramento State 78, Bethesda University 38 box. 6-foot-10 Jacob Holt's 21 point, 10 rebound double-double paced the Hornets.
Kansas State 70, Cincinnati 67 box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins was truly big here with 20 points, 10 boards, four steals and a trio of assists. He shot 7-13, 3-5 and 3-4 respectively versus Cincy.
San Francisco 97, Santa Clara 94 OT box. SC led by two, 47-45, in a high-scoring first 20 minutes. This despite leading scorer guard Adama-Alpha Bal getting up just two shot attempts. USF received 57 total points from the backcourt duo of Malik Thomas (34) and Marcus Williams (23 + eight assists). Ball finished with 11 points on nine shot attempts.
San Diego 75, Pacific 65 box. The Tigers allowed the victors to shoot 6% better overall plus 22% higher on trey attempts. Elijah Fisher posted a 20 point, 10 rebound double-double to lead the Stockton-ites in both categories.
Tue, Dec 31, NCAA D1 scores
Colorado State 72, San Jose State University 50 box. A 33-15 first half detonated the Spartan cause. SJSU shot 30% overall and 2-23 beyond the three-point line. Not enough creators (who can get and make good shots), shooters and no true point.
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Mon, Dec 30, CCCMBCA scores
Las Positas College 110 , Solano College 57 Guard Sterling (Vanden High) McClanahan scored 25 points for LPC on 10-14, 4-7 and 1-1 shooting.
College of the Redwoods 74, College of San Mateo 66
Ohlone College 67, College of the Siskiyous 60 Ohlone Men's Basketball: "Ohlone takes down another ranked opponent, beating College of the Siskiyous 67-60 and now has a 12-1 record. Wesley Burns 9 pts, 7 reb, 3 stl and Gabriel Lopez 15 pts, 15 reb and Anthony Lacy 12 pts, 10 rebounds and Michael Fastion 7 reb, 3 blk and Sam Manzo 15 pts."
Shasta College 84, Cuesta College 70 box. 6-foot-1 frosh Ashton Smith provided 16 points plus team highs of eight assists and four steals for SC.
Cañada College 81, Lemoore College 68 Trey Booker posted a 38 point, 19 rebound line for the conquested.
Tue, Dec 31, CCCMBCA scores
Skyline College 83, Cabrillo College 64
College of San Mateo 91, College of the Siskiyous 67
College of the Redwoods 85, Ohlone College 79
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