News Bits
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Team Esface: "Excited to welcome back coach Suhail Mohammadi to the sidelines this Spring/Summer as our College Prep 17U head coach."
Suhail is making his way up in the coaching ranks.
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Verbal Commits: "2025 College of the Sequoias (CA) G Davis White has received an offer from Cal State Fullerton."
White is a 6-foot-5 sophomore shooting guard. Besides the Orange County-ites, his other offers are Cal Baptist, Northern Illinois and UM Kanasas City. Don't see it happening with any of the four even though he is from Saugus (Los Angeles County but alas I've been wrong before...
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AUSA: "Committed. Congratulations Will S. Hutcheon on his commitment to San Jose City College MBB to play for Coach Devin Aye. The physical post out of Sutherland showed off his ability to rebound the ball at both ends of the floor and make plays through contact offensively. Will did his thing last summer on the PRO16League and will now turn his attention to making a name for himself at the collegiate level.
Getting a jump on next season, Coach Aye has a new 6-foot-8 power player.
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"Cal To Honor Al Grigsby With Pete Newell Award"
Grigsby is a great guy, humble yet tenacious. He still looks like he could employ his sharp elbows to good effect under the boards.
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Jake Lieberman: "6'3 PG CJ Willenborg out of West Valley College is receiving interest from East Carolina, Eastern Washington, Southern Utah, Incarnate Word, Georgia Southern & Chattanooga. Past three games has scored 21, 24 & 28 points. 12 PPG (38% 3PT), 3 RPG & 4 APG on the season."
The freshman is out of Capital Christian High in Sacramento.
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Mon, Feb 17, NCAA D1 scores
Incarnate Word 66, UT Rio Grande Valley 60 box. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman tallied 19 points on 19 shots and added nine rebounds plus three assists.
Utah 74, Kansas State 69 box. Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins posted an a curious line for this road game of seven points on just five shots, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and a single rejection.
Tue, Feb 18, NCAA D1 scores
Iowa State 79, Colorado 65 box. Dischon (St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Washington State/Charlotte) Jackson led the victors with 13 points on 3-4 shooting plus three rebounds and a pair of blocked shot in 21 minutes before he fouled out. Teammate Joshua (St. Mary's) Jefferson finished with 12 points, seven boards, four assists and two steals.
Texas Christian 69, Texas Tech 66 box. Darrion (Capital Christian High) Williams paced TT with 21 points and added five assists to his accomplishments in the loss. Teammate Chance (Bethel High/Golden State College Prep/Grand Canyon) McMillian tallied 19 points, shooting 5-7 from long distance.
Minnesota 64, UCLA 61 box. Mike (Archbishop Mitty/Pepperdine) Mitchell Jr. provided 14 points plus four rebounds in the upset of UCLA.
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Mon, Feb 17, CCCMBCA scores
no games
Tue, Feb 18, CCCMBCA scores
Modesto Junior College 106, Santa Rosa Junior College 60 Thought this matchup in Modesto would be much, much closer. The score was 49-26 after 20 minutes.
College of the Redwoods 71, Lassen College 63
Yuba College 81, Contra Costa College 58
American River College 96, Folsom Lake College 70
Sierra College 86, Sacramento City College 75
Diablo Valley College 76, San Joaquin Delta College 66
Mendocino College 81, Merritt College 70
College of Marin 88, Napa Valley College 86
College of Alameda 67, Los Medanos College 65 CoA box. For the victors,Isaiah Hill paced his squad with 18 points plus eight boards while teammate Isaiah (Castro Valley High) Fortenberry posted a very efficient 15 points. He shot 6-8 overall and 3-4 at the foul line.
Shasta College 69, College of the Siskiyous 62
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