News Bits
"UAA's Malik Jackson seeks help in battle with Leukemia"
The Dublin High grad is seriously ill. Help out.
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Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week Mark Lavrenov (Rocklin) Sr.
We start this week at a South Placer County school in the Sacramento suburbs that is north of the sprawling Galleria Shopping Mall in Roseville. It’s there where a 6-foot-9 center has been a dominating presence on the basketball court for the last several seasons.
Lavrenov had one of the best weeks of his career last week. It was a ho-hum 15-point, 16-rebound outing to lead the Thunder past Davis, 64-40, but that just set the stage for the second game. In a 77-46 win that the Rocklin faithful loved against arch-rival school Whitney of Rocklin, Lavrenov pumped it up for 31 points and pulled down 15 rebounds. Not only that, but the big night put him at more 2,000 points for his career. Former UCLA center Brendan Lane is the only other player in Rocklin history to have scored 2,000 career points.
The Sacramento Bee also included Lavrenov in a list of top big men in local history. The future Sacramento State Hornet was one of the top players at Rocklin last season for a team that began 21-0 and ended 28-4. The two wins last week pushed the Thunder to 12-2 in the Sierra Foothill League and to 20-8 overall. They are the No. 2 seed for the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D2 playoffs.
So far this season, Laverenov is averaging 23.4 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. He had 33 points and 19 rebounds in a game vs Whitney earlier this season and had a season high of 41 points in a win vs Laguna Creek.
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Jake Lieberman: "6'4 prospect Jake Davis from West Valley College has now been offered by Cal Baptist, I'm told. Radford & Old Dominion also offered earlier this week. Holds six offers. Averaging 14.7 points (52.0% 3PT) & 5.0 rebounds."
The Las Lomas High grad is a sophomore.
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Fri, Feb 21, NCAA D1 Scores
Yale 92, Cornell 88 box. For the Big C, AK (Clovis North High) Okereke finished with 30 points plus seven assists.
Sat, Feb 22, NCAA D1 Scores
Stanford 66, Caifornia 61 box. The host Cardinal won shooting 37.3% as even Maxime Raynaud with 20 points shot 5-16. Three of his teammates scored in double figures, too. But the Bears shot a worse 34.5% and were led by a freshman, Jeremiah Wilkinson and his 19 points. Teammate Andrej Stojakovic provided 16 points plus 10 boards. game report.
San Jose State University 82, Wyoming 73 box. Missing two starters, the Spartans used a 45-34 second half to secure a road win.
Loyola Marymount 93, Pepperdine 83 box. With 23 points, Alex (Modesto Christian High) Merkviladze led LMU to a 10 point victory versus its crosstown nemesis.
Northern Colorado 92, Idaho 74 box. In Greeley, Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne again came up big with 27 points as UNC used a 44-27 second half to break open the game. He shot 9-11, 3-4 and 4-5 respectively. Teammate Quinn (Bellarmione College Prep/West Valley College/Cal State San Marcos) Denker totaled 13 points as he shot 5-7, 1-2, 2-2 respectively.
Cal State Northridge 65, UC Davis 62 box. Mahmoud (Santa Teresa High/West Valley College/Cal State San Bernadino) Fofana posted a 20 point, 13 rebound double-double (shooting 6-8 overall and 8-10 at the charity stripe) in leading Northridge to a tight win. TY Johnson paced the Aggies with both 24 points and seven assists while teammate Connor (Dougherty Valley High) Sevilla finished with 14 points.
Incarnate Word 63, Stephen F. Austin 61 box. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman just missed a double-double with 16 points and nine boards in the win iver SFA.
Santa Clara 109, Washington State 79 box. The Broncos were firing (and making) on all cylinders as Elijah (West Valley College) Mahi served up 19 points, five rebounds, four assists and a trio of steals. SC shot 60.5% on 38 three-point attempts. The score was 61-33 after 20 minutes. game report
Utah State 79, San Diego State 71 box. BJ (Modesto Christian High) Davis scored 14 points and grabbed five boards but the Aztecs fell on the road to the always tough Aggies
Idaho State 83, Sacramento State 66 box. A 47-30 first 20 minutes kept the game comfortable for ISU.
St. Mary's 74, Gonzaga 67 box. Powered by freshman guard Mikey (Prolific Prep) Lewis' 18 points, the Gaels notched a very solid road success against their archnemesis. Lewis shot 5-7 from three-point range. game report
Portland 81, Pacific 73 box. The Tigers were down by 11 at the half and came back but just not enough.
Sun, Feb 23, NCAA D1 Scores
no reportable games
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Fri, Feb 21, CCCMBCA Scores
City College San Francisco 102, College of San Mateo 65
West Valley College 71, San Jose City College 68 3OT SJCC box Matt (Archbishop Mitty/Foothill College) McAndrews led the Jags with 14 points.
Modesto Junior College 70, Diablo Valley College 65 DVC box Worth noting, DVC's Jacob (Freedom High) Harvey was perfect in his shooting at 5-5, 2-2 and 3-3 respectively.
Skyline College 77, Las Positas College 74 LPC box. Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley went off for 20 points.
Santa Rosa Junior College 109, American River College 60
Chabot College 85, Cañada College 79 CH box. Two Gladiators especially stood out: Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards led with both 22 points in 20 minutes (9-9 at the foul line) and 10 assists and teammate Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin tallied 21 points plus six rebounds.
Columbia College 93, College of the Sequoias 85 CoS box Jordan (Hanford High) Haire went for 18 points plus 13 rebounds in the losing cause.
Sierra College 64, Cosumnes River College box. Garrett (Placer High) Dutro led the victors with 22 points.
Ohlone College 94, DeAnza College 81 full box. Amos (Bishop O'Dowd) Hodgson went off for 27 points and teammate Michael Fastion provided 19. Elijah (Pioneer High) Denker led DA with 16 points.
Hartnell College 74, Cabrillo College 71
San Joaquin Delta College 80, Folsom Lake College 74 FLC box. All five starters for Folsom scored in double figures, for naught.
No games Saturday and Sunday
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Other Game Scores
On Monday, host Cal State San Marcos defeated Sonoma State 82-74 despite Chris (Jesuit High/Sacramento State/Santa Rosa Junior College) Holley scoring 21 points.
Thursday in the CCAA
Chris (Jesuit High/Sacramento State/Santa Rosa Junior College) Holley went for 18 points and four assists in Sonoma State's 87-80 victory versus visiting Cal State Monterey Bay. Michael (Palo Alto High) Mora's 21 points paced MPC. He also grabbed eight rebounds.
On the road, Chico State edged Cal State Los Angeles 93-90 as JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy provided 22 points and seven boards in the victory. CSLA's Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell efficiently led his squad with 25 points (8-10, 1-1, 8-8 shooting) and added five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones led with 19 points plus five rebounds and three assists as Stanislaus State handled host Cal State San Marcos 78-63.
Teiano (Vanden High/Sacramento State) Hardee busted out for 22 points in leading visiting Cal State East Bay to a 76-55 defeat of CSU San Bernardino. A 45-30 second 20 minutes blew open the matchup.
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UC Merced kept its mojo going Thursday in a 76-63 defeat of La Sierra University thereby winning the California Pacific Conference regular season championship. That's 12 consecutive victories for the Bobcats as guard Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown led in both categories with 15 points and eight boards.
Saturday in the CCAA
San Francisco State fell 84-73 to host CSU San Bernardino despite multiple productive efforts. "Locals" Donovan (Dublin High) Cooks and Pearse (Serra High/College of San Mateo) Uniacke stood out as the former tallied 15 points while the latter was ginormous with 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Continuing his scoring hot streak, Teiano (Vanden High/Sacramento State) Hardee finished with 19 points but Cal State East Bay fell 69-62 to host Cal Poly Pomona.
Chico State nabbed another road win 86-79 versus Cal State Dominguez Hills. Down by four at the half, the Wildcats took the second 20 minutes 50-39. JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy was at it again with 23 points, eight assists and six boards. Max (Soquel High) Walters led in rebounds with eight and contributed 11 points.
Jaden (Kennedy High) Tengan led with 16 points but visiting Cal State Monterey Bay lost 72-67 to Cal State San Marcos.
Sonoma State bested Stanislaus State 78-72 box In the loss, Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones scored a team high 20 points alongside six rebounds plus three assists and teammate William (Bishop O'Dowd) Chavarin hit 4-7 trey attempts for 12 points in just 19 minutes.
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UC Merced won its 13 straight game 67-44 versus host Westcliff with Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown again leading in scoring with 18 points (shooting 9-12 overall) and teammate Aidan (Dougherty Valley High/Regis University) Sevilla contributed 16.
Menlo College fell 91-75 to Concordia University Irvine although Landon (Will C. Wood High) Seamon tallied 18 points and teammate Salim (Petaluma High) Arikat put up 14 points in just 16 minutes.
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