News Bits
Wed, Feb 5 NCAA D1 scores
Nebraska 86, Washington 72 box. 6-foot-8 Tyler (Granada High) Harris produced 14 points and 11 boards for Washington which led 47-37 at halftime.
California 74, North Carolina 62 box. At home, Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic returned from injury, scoring six points on 12 shot attempts but his teammates picked up the slack. The Write For California game report.
Wake Forest 79, Stanford 73 box. Maxime Reynaud posted a 16 point, 10 rebound, six assist and three steal line but suffered five turnovers.
Thu, Feb 6 NCAA D1 scores
San Francisco 65, St. Mary's 64 box. The Dons grabbed a homecourt victory as the Gaels were icy from outside, shooting 3-23 from long distance. Augustas Marciulionis played all 40 minutes and led with 20 points but on 21 shots. Teammate Mitchell Saxen enjoyed a 14 point, 11 rebound double-double. Marcus Wiilliams 16 points led USF.
Montana 86, Northern Colorado box. Money (Oakland High) Williams led the Grizz with 19 points plus eight rebounds and teammate Te'Jon (Salesian College Prep/Cal Baptist/CCSF) Sawyer posted a 15 point, seven board, three assist line. In 24 minutes for UNC, Quinn (Bellarmine College Prep/West Valley College/Cal State San Marcos/Idaho) Denker scored 21 points, bolstered by 5-7 accuracy from long distance.
UC Davis 73, Long Beach State 65 OT box. Aid by 11 free throws, Ty Johnson broke out for 33 points. The Aggies shot 48% overall.
Eastern Washington 83, Sacramento State 80 box. A three-point shot with 2.7 seconds remaining did in the visiting Hornets who shot 46%, 47% and 86% respectively and won the boards battle 31-23. But they were negative regarding turnovers committing 13 to eight for EWU.
Pacific 71, San Diego 69 box. For the homecourt Tigers, three starters scored in double figures and the remaining two finished with nine points apiece. Pacific shot 50%.
Santa Clara 97, Portland 50 box. On the road, five Broncos finished in double figures with Elijah (West Valley College) Mahi enjoying an 11 point, 10 rebound, five assist line. A night on the town would be well deserved.
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Wed, Feb 5, CCCMBCA scores
City College San Francisco 80, Las Positas College 61 LPC box. Las Positas led 32-28 after 20 minutes. With five treys, Ray-John (Sacred Heart) Spears paced CCSF with 23 points. The Livermore crew shot 2-22 from long distance and earned just 10 free throws.
College of the Sequoias 88, Reedley College 45 box. CoS game report Tyree (Burbank High) Gill led with 23 points, Jordan (Hanford High) Haire contributed 20 plus 14 boards and Davis White came close to a triple double with 15 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
San Jose City College 87, Foothill College 69
College of the Siskiyous 74 Lassen College 67
Yuba College 68, College of Alameda 63
Cabrillo College 75, Monterey Peninsula College 71
Ohlone College 55, Cañada College 48
Mendocino College 100, Solano College 79
Los Medanos College 56, Napa Valley College 44
Feather River College 64, Shasta College 50
College of Marin 79, Merritt College 75
Columbia College 86, Merced College 76
Skyline College 81, College of San Mateo 67 Skyline Basketball: "Trojans moved to 19-4 with its win over CSM. Four players scored in double-figures: Nick Corbett (21 pts, 5-5 FTs). Achilles Woodson hit four 3FG’s on his way to 20 pts. Dev Chatha scored 16 pts in the 2nd half. Dio Lucido hit three 3 FG’s in the 2nd half on his way to 11 points."
Chabot College 83, DeAnza College 72 CC box. Amani Johnson paced the victors with 16 points and Aiden (St. Bernard's) Burris totaled 15 points (5-10 on treys) plus seven rebounds in 21 minutes.
Gavilan College 102, Hartnell College 69
Thu, Feb 6 CCCMBCA scores
College of the Redwoods 90, Butte College 67
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"The New York Knicks found the Wright stuff and they reportedly intend on keeping it, at least for now.
Per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post, the Knicks plan to keep Delon Wright on their roster "for now" after obtaining the 32-year-old's services in exchange for those of Jericho Sims in a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks less than 24 hours before Thursday's trade deadline..."
Wright played at City College San Francisco.
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"Top 25 California high school boys basketball rankings (2/3/2025)"
Riordan comes in at #5. Salesian Prep is ninth.
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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys State Basketball Player of the Week Johnnie Jones (Fairfield) Sr.
The search for the Northen California Boys State Basketball Player of the Week takes us just east of the Bay Area to the eastern edge of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and a couple miles west of Travis Air Force Base, and it’s in Fairfield that we land and find this week’s winner at Fairfield High.
Jones has been lighting it up for the Falcons all season and is the team’s top scorer by almost 10 points per game, but it’s his most recent performances that earn him a statewide honor to go with local recognition.
Last week, in a 61-43 win over crosstown arch rival Armijo, the 6-foot-3 senior forward just missed a double-double after going for a season-high 32 points, on a blistering 14-of-18 overall shooting from the field and 2-for-3 on three-pointers.
In his prior game a 63-54 loss to Sacramento Foothill, Jones had a double-double 27 points and 12 rebounds. In his most recent game, which was played on Monday night of this week, in a 57-45 win versus Sacramento Valley, he had 16 points and six rebounds.
So far this season for the 18-6 Falcons, Jones is averaging 21.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Postseason honors for him should be aplenty."
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Gabe Camarillo: "In high school boys’ basketball news…Clovis West head coach Nick Podesta has informed the team he intends to step down at the end of the season. Golden Eagles have a 12-15 record, currently sit 3rd in the TRAC."
Good coach, big loss. Where will Nick land? He'll be on a bench somewhere, it's in his blood.
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"Malik Thomas leads San Francisco’s rise as top scorer"
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"Legendary California high school basketball, life coach Hans de Lannoy succumbs to cancer"
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Jake Lieberman: "2026 6’5 guard Trae Nunn out of Waxahachie HS (TX) will be taking an unofficial visit to Stanford this weekend as they host NC State, I’m told."
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