News Bits
Jake Davis: "After a great conversation with the coaching staff, I am blessed to receive an offer from Cal Poly. Thank you to Coach DeGeorge and the entire staff for believing in me."
Out of Las Lomas High, Davis is a 6-foot-4 combo guard at West Valley College which won the state championship last season. He also has a Fresno State offer and interest from Colorado State.
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*****Jake Lieberman: "Vann-Kelly has committed to FIU. Great addition for Jeremy Ballard & Co."
Jake Lieberman: "6’5 Junior College guard Damarion Vann-Kelly out of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M has been offered by Fresno State. Vann-Kelly just visited FIU & was offered, too. Averaging 20.8 points on 53-88 3PT (60.2%)."
Congrats to DVK. FIU, a Conference USA member, is Florida International University located in Miami. Van-Kelly is a freshman out of Monterey Trail High. Didn't think he would go even further away from home, not with USF and Pacific in pursuit. Shows what I know. Does FIU have a solid amount of NIL funding?
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Andrew (West Campus/Sacramento City College) Ferrara-Jones hit the eventual game winner - a three-pointer - in a nailbiter as UC Santa Cruz edged Cal Lutheran 81-79 on Saturday. He finished with 14 points.
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"Former Contra Costa Coach Passes Away Ed Greene was inducted into the CCCMBCA Hall of Fame in 2000"
Here is as much lengthier feature on Greene.
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Wed, Jan 1 NCAA D1 scores
Dartmouth 108, Colby-Sawyer 55 box. Freshman point Connor (Clovis North High) Amundsen filled the stat sheet with 13 points (3-4 shooting, all from long distance), seven assists, two steals and zero turnovers.
Clemson 85, Stanford 71 box. The score was 43-41 Clemson at halftime. For the Cardinal, Isaiah (Modesto Christian High) Sellers led the 20 points and teammates Maxine Reynaud finished with 14 points and 13 boards. He didn't shoot well at 7-17, 0-6 and 0-0 respectively. Clemsnon shot better overall and attempted 24 free throws to 12 for Stanford.
Pittsburgh 86, California 74 box. Cal led by four at the half. Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic tallied 19 points but finished third on the team in shot attempts despite playing 35 minutes, most on the team.
UConn 81, DePaul 68 box. In 16 minutes, Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney produced seven points (eight shot attempts), four assists and four personal fouls.
Thu, Jan 2 NCAA D1 scores
Northern Colorado 89, Weber State 72 box. Isaiah (Tracy High) Hawthorne provided 17 points plus five assistsin the victory.
Montana 92, Eastern Washington 81 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams poured in 26 points and added seven assists plus four steals in the Grizz win.
Cal State Bakersfield 75, UC Davis 64 box. Ty Johnson finished with 26 points but didn't het much help offensively. Neither team shot well but the Aggies shot 4-21 from long distance.
St. Mary's 71, Pepperdine 41 box. Former walk-on Luke (Piedmont High) Barrett scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Gaels.
Santa Clara 81, San Diego 80 box. SD was the home team but this one shouldn't have been as close. Only guard Carlos Stewart enjoyed a step-up game for the Broncos.
San Francisco 89, Pacific 81 box. Closer than expected but the Tigers were at home. Each team shot well. Pacific led by one at halftime.
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Wed, Jan 1, CCCMBCA scores
no games
Thu, Jan 2, CCCMBCA scores
Diablo Valley College 67, Sierra College 62
Modesto Junior College 73, Cosumnes River College 56
Contra Costa College 84, Los Medanos College 69
Mendocino College 73, Napa Valley College 70
American River College 78, San Joaquin Delta College 64
College of Alameda 78, College of Marin 71
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