News Bits
Fri, Jan 24 NCAA D1 scores
No reportable games
Sat, Jan 25, NCAA D1 games
Minnesota 77, Oregon 69 box. Mike (Archbishop Mitty/Pepperdine) Mitchell Jr. didn't shoot well but dished out a game high 10 assists.
Xavier 76, UConn 72 box. Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney scored 14 points alongside three boards and three assists in the losing cause.
Dartmouth 84, Brown 83 box. Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen finished with 14 points and three assists in 26 minutes.
Weber State 87, Sacramento State 81 box. For Sacto, Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame/Chico State/CCSF) Vaughns concluded with 17 points, a team high seven boards and three assists. In 14 minutes, freshman teammate Leo (De La Salle High) Ricketts produced 13 points and a team best four assists.
Northern Colorado 67, Eastern Washington 62 box. Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne tallied 32 points plus seven rebounds, both tops on his Colorado squad. He shot 10-16, 4-6 and 8-10.
Oregon State 83, Santa Clara 69 box. SJSU shot 10-16 at the charity stripe, OSU 21-22. The Corvallis-ites also committed just seven turnovers to 13 for the Broncos.
Stanford 78, Florida State 71 box. Maxime Reynaid was big on the boards with 14 but scored just eight points as it was backcourter Oziah (Modesto Christian High) Sellers' 25 points pacing the Cardinal.
San Jose State University 67, Wyoming 58 box. Englishman Latrell Davis was out in front with 22 points off the bench plus five rebounds for the Spartans.
St. Mary's 80, Washington State 75 box. WSU owned a three point lead at the half. Paulius Murauskas paced the Gaels with 25 points plus 12 rebounds.
California 98, Miami 94 OT box. Freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson led with 30 points in a strange shooting display (10-22 overall, 1-10 on threes, 9-10 free throws). Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic did not play presumably due to injury.or illness. Write For California game report.
San Francisco 81, San Diego 69 box. The Dons held the Toreros to 37% overall shooting, 21% on three-point attempts.
Pepperdine 60, Pacific 44. box. Start with 20 turnovers, then add in 28% overall shooting accuracy plus 15% on 20 three-point heaves and the Tigers won't win any games with those stats. But the host Waves were only a little better via 13 turnovers, 33% overall shot accuracy and 20% on trey attempts.
Sun, Jan 26 NCAA D1 scores
Texas Tech 64, Oklahoma State 54 box. Chance (Jesse Bethel High/Golden State Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian led TT with 14 points on 5-6,3-6,1-2 shooting while also grabbing six boards.
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Fri, Jan 24, CCCMBCA scores
Las Positas College 109, DeAnza College 68 LPC box. For the victors, Sterling (Vanden High) McClanahan led with 26 points and teammate Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley owned a line of 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds.
City College San Francisco 96, Chabot College 74 box. The score was 56-32 after 20 minutes but the second half went 42-40 in favor of Chabot.
West Valley College 70, Hartnell College 54
Modesto Junior College 123, Folsom Lake College 91 The nets were burnin'.
Skyline College 60, Ohlone College 57
Santa Rosa Junior College 86, San Joaquin Delta College 67
San Jose City College 66, Cabrillo College 56 The Jags nab a solid home win.
Foothill College 77, Monterey Peninsula College 57
Cañada College 84, San Mateo College 80
Yuba College 100, Solano College 86
Mendocino College 79, Los Medanos College 57
College of Alameda 70, Napa Valley College 69
Merritt College 67, Contra Costa College
Cosumnes River College 86, Sacto City College 71 box. For the Capital-ers, Sidney (Monterey Trail High) Duplessis scored 33 points. CRC shot 50% overall, 3-5 from long distance and 25-35 on foul shots.
American River College 64, Diablo Valley College 63
Sat, Jan 25, CCCMBCA scores
College of the Sequoias 84, Porterville College 48 CoS box. Tyree (Burbank High) Gill enjoyed 26 points, shooting 5-10 from long distance. A 49-18 first half put the game away.
Columbia College , Coalinga College
Butte College 87, Feather River College 71
Lassen College 71, College of the Redwoods 646
College of the Siskiyous 72, Shasta College 67
Fresno City College 78, Reedley College 54
Merced College 87, Lemoore College 73
No games scheduled on Sunday.
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Last Thursday
Tyjean (Antelope High/College of the Sequoias) Burrell scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds but San Francisco State fell 76-67 to Cal State San Bernardino.
Powered by 13-16 shooting at the foul line, Beril Kabamba scored 21 points as Cal State East Bay edged Cal Poly Pomona 67-65. Teiano (Vanden High/Sacramento State) Hardee scored on a layup and two free throws in the last 38 seconds for the victory in Hayward.
Missing leading scorer Jojo (Piedmont High) Murphy, Chico State got bopped 79-58 at home by Cal State Dominguez Hills. For the Chico-ites, Isaiah (St. Francis High/Montana) Kerr led all scorers with 19 points and freshman Cortevious (Granada High) Taylor posted a 14 point, 11 board double-double.
Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones scored 21 points and added five rebounds plus three assists in the Cal State Stanislaus 95-85 net scorcher over Sonoma State in Turlock. Chris (Jesuit High/Sacramento State/Santa Rosa Junior College) Holley enjoyed a 21 point, 10 assist double-double for Sonoma. He added six boards.
Last Saturday
Caden (Capital Christian High/Yuba College) Flowers buried six treys on his way to 24 points as San Francisco State topped Cal Poly Pomona 67-48.
In a high scoring matchup, home team Chico State won both 20 minute sessions in defeating Cal State Los Angeles 95-86. JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy was back and exploded fro 31 points on 9-16, 5-9 and 8-10 shooting respectively. Each Wildcat starter scored at least 14 points.
Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones finished with 24 points but Stanislaus State could only generate a total of 54 versus 66 by visiting Cal State San Marcos.
6-foot-3 freshman guard Jordan (Clovis North High) Espinosa scored 12 points in just 21 minutes but Cal State East Bay fell 84-72 to visiting Cal State University San Bernardino.
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Timothy Finau: "After a great conversation with Coach Jeff Strohm, I am blessed to announce that I have received a Division 1 offer to San Jose State University."
Finau is a 2025 prospect, a seven-footer, weighs 230 and is a lefty. The Spartans really need a young big.
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Jake Lieberman: "6'2 2026 PG Kamai Samuels out of SoCal Academy (CA) tells me that he's gaining interest from Stanford. Offers include Fordham, Arizona State, Mississippi State, Cal & Penn State."
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Jake Lieberman: "(Jailen) Daniel-Dalton (formerly of San Francisco State) tells me that he’s been offered by CSU East Bay."
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Jake Lieberman: "6'4 2026 guard Elias Obenyah out of Salesian College Prep HS (CA) & Team Lillard AAU is receiving interest from Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, San Francisco, St. Louis, Penn State, Boise State & Texas A&M, he's told me. Obenyah just picked up an offer from USD."
Imagine being a high schooler and having Stanford, Yale, Harvard and Princeton in pursuit.
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A DJ Seeley update. Seeley is a 6-foot-4 guard currently playing in Romania. He played at Cal State Fullerton and California after graduating from Modesto Christian High.
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"What Sonoma State losing its athletics says about the future of college sports"
The link above should get past the paywall.
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The Lead: "Jaylen Wells ranks:
- 1st among rookies in scoring (11.9 PPG)
- 1st among rookies in 3PM (88)
- 2nd among rookies in 3PT% (38.8)
- 1st among rookies in plus-minus (149)
- 1st among rookies in offensive rating (115.9)
- 2nd among rookies in win shares (2.4)"
What the heck is a win share?
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"Brawl ends high school basketball game in Placer County. Will CIF enforce suspensions?"
This link should bring up video of the mess.
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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6'1 PG Mason Magee out of Basha HS (AZ) & Compton Magic has been offered by St. Louis, i'm told. Other recent offers for Magee include Grand Canyon, West Virginia, Cal, Nevada & Fresno State. Talented guard, with lots of upside."
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UC Merced: "The first Cal Pac player to 50 assists this season: Aidan (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla. Sevilla is averaging 4.5 APG over his last nine and is at 3.4 APG on the year."
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High School notes and quotes
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"Block party: Shot-swatting Oakland Tech shuts down the paint in victory over rival Oakland"
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"Confident Cougars: Campolindo dominates Acalanes in emotional rivalry game"
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