NorCal HS & College BB Central: Potpourri, Jan 31

News Bits

Wed, Jan 29 NCAA D1 scores

UConn 72 , DePaul 61 box. Aidan (Campolindo High/St. Mary's) Mahaney scored 10 points in 17 minutes, shooting 3-9 overall. He also enjoyed two assists.

Texas Tech 71, Texas Christian 57 box. Chance (Bethel High/Prolific Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian produced 16 points plus three assists in the win.

Kansas State 85, Oklahoma State 57 box. In the victory, Coleman (Antelope Hawkins/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins stuffed the stats sheet with 15 points, nine boards, six assists, three steals and a trio of rejections.

Southern Methodist 76, California 65 box. The Bear were again minus Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojaković due to a hip injury and Mady Sissoko was sidelined by a concussion. The remaining team wasn't going to top the Mustangs on their home court minus two critical players. Nick Kranz/Write For California game report.

St. Mary's 67, Santa Clara 54 box. The Gaels shot but 40% in the victory and held the host Broncos to 35% in this low scoring pairing that featured an amazing 30-0 run by Coach Randy Bennett's crew. The Moraga-ites won the battle of the boards 39-25. Santa Claran Carlos Stewart Jr. was the leading scorer by far with 24 points. "Saint Mary’s uses 30-0 second-half run to take down Santa Clara 67-54"

Stanford 70, Syracuse 61 box. The Syracuse hoops program of late is not similar to the powerhouse teams of earlier decades and had no answer for Maxime Raynaud's 21 points, 15 boards, three assists and three steals. The Cardinal also committed just nine turnovers and only 10 fouls. "Stanford Basketball Hangs on to Beat Syracuse" Dylan Grausz

Thu, Jan 30 NCAA D1 scores

Montana State 70, Sacramento State 58 box. The Hornets like #29 so much they reached it twice as the poor shooting, save for Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame/Chico State/CCSF/U Alberta) Vaughns with 19 points, continued. Try 35% overall shooting. Add in 15 turnovers.

Montana 92, Portland State 78 box. At home, Money (Oakland High) Williams scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists in 26 minutes coming off the bench.

UC Riverside 60, UC Davis 58 box. Ty Johnson finished with 20 points but didn't shoot well and teammate Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla tallied 15, shooting 6-9 overall plus 3-5 from long distance. The Aggies fell on a Riverside three-pointer with four seconds remaining.

Cal State Northridge 78, UC Santa Barbara 71 box. 6-foot-6 Mahmoud (Santa Teresa High/West Valley College/Cal State San Bernardino) Fofana just missed posting a double-double with 12 points plus nine boards for the victors.

Pacific 70, Washington State 68 box. Call this a major upset for the Tigers and great for the Stockton area fans to see it live! Ralph Elias led with 18 points and teammate Lamar Washington provided 13 points, eight assists, five boards plus a trio of steals. Washington buried a trey at the 0:47 mark of the second half and then threw a pass for Jazz Gardner's layup with five seconds left. Pacific was out-shot by almost four percentage points but did manage to better WSU in rebounding 34-24, and earned 19 assists on 28 baskets.

Wed, Jan 29, CCCMBCA scores

Skyline College 69, Las Positas College 68

John Bynum Jr.: "A late free throw from Achilles Woodson after his and one lay up helps Skyline pick up a 69-68 road win over undefeated Las Positas."

Matt Schwab: "Top players for Las Positas in tonight’s overtime loss to Skyline:

Elijah Mobley 19 pts, 5 reb
Jorren Edmonds 17 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl
Elliot Mobley 12 pts , 2 reb, 3 ast
Jaden Woodard 10 pts, 7 reb

Note: Edmonds forced OT with dramatic fg at end of reg.

CCCMBCA: "#17 Skyline 69, #1 Las Positas 68; Skyline shocks #1 Las Positas with a three-point play with .2 seconds left in OT. The loss snaps Las Positas' 20-game win streak and drops the Hawks into a tie with San Francisco in the Coast-North. Feb. 4-LP-SF will meet at Las Positas."

City College San Francisco 98, College of San Mateo 59

West Valley College 79, San Jose City College 75 OT>

College of the Sequoias 104, Columbia College 73 box CoS shot 61% overall as Jordan (Hanford High) Haire enjoyed a 24 point, 10 rebound double-double and teammate Cameron Kelly almost reached the next step with 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists but the stat sheet was owned by Rashaud (Sheldon High) Bradley and his 43 points. Forty Three!

Chabot College 87, Cañada College 73

Cabrillo College 84, Hartnell College 56

DeAnza College 73, Ohlone College 66

College of Alameda 90, Solano College 70

Napa Valley College 72, Merritt College 71

College of The Redwoods 96, Shasta College 88

Yuba College 110, College of Marin 57

Mendocino College 80, Contra Costa College 72

Fresno City College 62, Porterville College 39

Gavilan College 80, Monterey Peninsula College 62

No games on Thursday

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Damarion Vann-Kelly: "After a great conversation with Coach Williams!! I am blessed to receive an offer from Southern Utah."

Don't see this as The One.

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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys State Basketball Player of the Week Connor Sheridan (Portola) Jr.

We’re really going off the beaten path to find this week’s NorCal boys’ honoree. The town of Portola is in Plumas County with a population of just over 2,000 and is a lot closer to Reno, Nevada, than any other California city. It’s also home to one of the largest railroad museums in the nation and is surrounded by tall trees on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The Portola High Tigers have a tall tree of their own with the 6-foot-9 Sheridan and as one might expect a player like that playing other small town competition puts up off-the-charts totals. A good example is one game from last week that Connor had in a 67-59 win against Biggs. He had a double-double of 24 points and 24 rebounds plus eight blocks and six steals. In his other game last week, Sheridan pocketed 19 rebounds plus 22 points and seven blocks in a win vs Hamilton.

There were other weeks in which Connor could have been chosen for this honor, but the best one of 49 points and 25 rebounds came in the very first game vs Plumas Charter in a 91-73 win and at that time we were in our last week of selecting football players of the week. He also had 40 points in a January victory vs Oroville High.

For the season, Sheridan is averaging 25.3 points, 15.8 rebounds and 5.3 blocks per game. It takes 1,371 career rebounds to make the Cal-Hi Sports all-time state list and Connor is well on his way to reaching that. He had 1,147 entering his first game this week on Tuesday vs Maxwell. He also has 287 career blocks, but that all-time state list isn’t as deep and currently sits at 622 to qualify for it.

One never knows about how good a player from a place like Portola can be, but Connor has also been playing for the famed Oakland Soldiers AAU club team. That has put him in front of college coaches and analysts like our own Ronnie Flores. In Ronnie’s just updated Class of 2026 Hot 100 Player Rankings, Sheridan checked in at No. 69 just behind Ty Ingram of Los Angeles Westchester."

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