News Bits
Wed, Feb 12, NCAA D1 scores
Ohio State 93, Washington 69 box. For UW, 6-foot-9 Tyler (Granada High) Harris tied for the team lead with 14 points (shooting 4-9, 2-2 and 4-4 respectively) and also nabbed four steals. But he failed to grab a single rebound in 30 minutes of court time.
Texas Tech 111, Arizona State 106 OT box. Darrion (Capital Christian High/Nevada) Williams finished with 27 points for the victor.
Duke 78, California 57 box. Freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson provided a team high 21 points, Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic took 14 shots and totaled 10 points while the Bears received a meager three points from its bench. Cal was down by 15 after the first 20 minutes. Call it the Bear being Flagg-ed for 27 points. Write for California game report.
Georgia Tech 60, Stanford 52 box. Leading scorer Maxime Raynaud scored just eight points in the loss.
Thu, Feb 13, NCAA D1 scores
Gonzaga 86, USF 77 box. The score was 38 apiece at the half with Malik Thomas tallying 13 points. But the Zags came out strong in the second half and maintained a comfortable lead (71-58 at the 6:47 mark). The Dons kept closing the gap (73-63 at the 4:45 mark, then 78-70 @ 2:22) before host Gonzaga again began to pull away. Malik Thomas finished with 26 points and teammate Ryan (Dougherty Valley High) Beasley scored 16, shooting 7-10 overall, 2-4 on trey attempts. Gonzaga shot 52% overall.
Montana 81, Idaho State 68 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams paced the Grizz with 17 points and added six boards and three assists. He shot 7-8, 3-3 and 0-0 respectively.
UC Davis 75, UC Riverside 74 box. Ty Johnson paced the Aggies with 23 points, also led in assists with four plus grabbed five rebounds. Davis outscored UCR by four in the second half for the victory.
Northern Colorado 77, Sacramento State 61 box. Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne tallied 24 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists on the road. The score was 45-25 UNC after 20 minutes. Sacto's leading scorer, Julian Vaughns, missed the game. He played 36 minutes in the previous contest so it's likely an illness that sidelined him.
Pacific 83, Loyola Marymount box. It was a one point difference favoring LMU after a half but the Tigers enjoyed a 51-25 second half rout. Guard Lamar Washington post an amazing stats line of 31 points, 10 boards, six assists plus five steals. He shot 13-19, 1-3 and 4-4 respectively. If he doesn't receive WCC Player of the Week honors, just can the award.
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Wed, Feb 12, CCCMBCA scores
Columbia College 84, Lemoore College 69
City College San Francisco 109, Ohlone College 66
Las Positas College 106, Cañada College 92
Matt Schwab: "...Top players:
- Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley 33 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl
- Sterling (Vanden High) McClanahan 25 pts, 8 reb
- Jorren (Washington High-Fremont) Edmonds 16 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast
- Damian (Monterey Trail High) McAlister 9 pts, 11 reb, 2 stl
Record: Las Positas 22-3, 8-3"
West Valley College 89, Monterey Peninsula College 46
Chabot College 73, Skyline College 65
- Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards 20pts 5rebs 4ast 2stls
- Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin 20pts 7rebs 3ast 3ast
- Christian Wilson 10pts 10rebs (double-double)."
College of the Sequoias 77, Fresno City College 63 box. For the victors, Davis White tallied 20 points, Jordan (Hanford High) Haire 18 (plus a team high of nine rebounds) and Tyree (Burbank High) Gill 17
San Jose City College 77, Gavilan College 61
College of the Siskiyous 76, Butte College 72
Foothill College 87, Hartnell College 69
"Hartnell loses to Foothill 87-69.
- Gunner Larson with 18.
- Blake Dibble with 17.
- Finn Powelson with 13.
- Ty McUne with 10."
College of the Siskiyous 52, Butte College 47
College of Marin 70, Los Medanos College 67
College of Alameda 76, Merritt College 58
Contra Costa College 71, Solano College 60
Yuba College 77, Mendocino College 61
College of San Mateo 81, DeAnza College 69
Shasta College 52, Lassen College
Thu, Feb 13, CCCMBCA scores
Modesto Junior College 115, American River College 78
Santa Rosa Junior College 84, Sacramento City College 73
Cosumnes River College 74, Diablo Valley College 67 box.
Sierra College 89, San Jaoquin delta College 66
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"A Championship Bond? The Hawks are now contenders thanks to their chemistry"
Solid feature on the Las Positas College squad.
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Jake Lieberman: "6'4 combo guard Jake Davis from West Valley College has been offered by Stetson, I’m told. Double digit scorer who is a tremendous three-point shooter."
Lieberman also reports that Cornell is now in the picture.
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Jed Siev: "Swarthmore 72, Washington College 47
Zander Jimenez: 22 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl
Jimenez is a 6-foot-3 freshman guard out of Salesian Prep. Here's our August 2023 Jimenez feature.
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Devaughn Dorrough: "Extremely blessed to have received another Division 1 offer from the University of Southern California."
He's a 6-foot-8 freshman at Monterey Trail High.
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UC Merced Bobcats: "The Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season - Jaron Mertle!
Congrats, Jaron!"
A senior, the 6-foot-6 Mertle is out of Clear Lake High.
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So would St. Mary's jump to the PAC-12 if offered? Here's a partial read (a freebie) of a John Canzano feature on the subject. My guess is yes. Bennett's crew is always good enough to compete, if not win, at a higher level. But yeah, the capacity of that gym!
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In the UC Santa Cruz game played on Tuesday, the Slugs topped Academy of Art 64-60 at Kezar Pavilion. 6-foot-9 junior Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy posted a 17 point, 10 rebound double-double and teammate 5-foot-11 senior Ryan (Serra High/Skyline College) Wilson led with six assists.
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