News Bits
6-foot-4, 190 David Young departed to the Evergreen State after graduating from Folsom High. Now in his second season at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington, Young has earned Northwest Athletic Conference First Team honors as well as named the NWAC West Region Defensive Player of the Year. He averaged 11.8 points per game on 42%, 33.5% and 68% shooting, He was the second leading scorer on his squad.
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Shams Charania: "The Bucks are signing guard Jamaree Bouyea on a two-way NBA deal, sources said. Bouyea has played 14 NBA games in parts of the last two seasons, and averaged 20 points for the Austin Spurs in G League this year."
He's out of Palma High and USF. One backcourt spot is taken as long as Dame Lilliard is there but preparing a point for the inevitability of Father Time gives Bouyea a better chance with the Bucks than he had with the Spurs.
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Jake Lieberman: "San Jose State was in to see CJ Willenborg last night. He ended with 18 points & 4 assists. Also is receiving interest from UC Riverside & Fairfield."
His 18 points including shooting 4-8 from three-point range and he enjoyed five assists (per the WVC site). Both of his totals were team bests.
Another Lieberman tweet says "Lieberman "is now receiving interest from Bowling Green, FIU, ODU and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Holds an offer from Stetson. Just named to All Freshman Team."
Out of Capital Christian High plus other schools, the 6-foot-3 Willenborg has three to play and will be in action on Saturday with West Valley College. A Spartan offer would be attractive and only require a move of 11 miles. He seems to be more of a combo guard than a straight point but that may be due to what his team needs the most this season. If UC Riverside's interest turns into an offer, Willenborg would also likely snapped it up.
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Congrats on the Delta League Player of the Year honor to Rashawn Inglemon.
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Congrats on the Coach of the Year honor to Monterey Trail High Coach Robert Fields.
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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week Lucas Lau (University, San Francisco) Jr.
We wrap up our trips around the state this week to a private high school in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco that’s about 10 blocks from an apartment on Gough Street where Cal-Hi Sports founder Nelson Tennis began writing up state record lists for California high school sports in the late 1970s. It’s there where the Runnin’ Red Devils have been a force on the NorCal scene since 2005 under head coach Randy Bessolo. He’s also been instrumental in running the CaliLive sanctioned summer basketball events in Northern California.
University has stamped a ticket to Wednesday’s CIF North Coast Section D2 semifinals against Moreau Catholic of Hayward after a pair of high-scoring wins last week in which Lucas was seemingly connecting on every shot he took. In a 76-68 win over Terra Linda of San Rafael in the second round, Lau racked up 37 points and he handed out seven assists. Then in the quarterfinals he did even better than that with 40 points to lead University past Las Lomas of Walnut Creek, 83-67.
Lucas, who also has a 4.0 GPA, also had 35 points in his previous game before last week, which was against San Domenico of San Anselmo, and in a win that gave the Red Devils their 16th league title in the last 18 seasons. In addition to the 112 points in the last three games, he also has had 19 assists and 16 rebounds."
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Jake Lieberman: "2027 prospect NJ Gray Jr. out of Branson School HS (CA) tells me that he holds offers from the following programs:
- Cal
- Stanford
- Pepperdine
- San Jose State"
The six-footer may wish to stay in the East Bay-ish area (Berkeley) but man, nab that Stanford offer and hold on tight. Sure, 2026 Modesto Christian High's Myles Jones has already committed to the Cardinal but he can play both backcourt spots.
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Ryder Bush: "I am excited to share I'll be continuing my basketball journey at Eastern Arizona next year.This opportunity is a huge step toward reaching my ultimate goal, and i'm incredibly grateful for the support l've received along the way."
Bush is a 6-foot-3 guard at Archbishop Riordan.
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Anthony LaPilusa >="Excited to announce I’ve received a scholarship offer to continue my basketball journey at Bethel College! Big thank you to Coach Mocaby and the Bethel coaching staff for this opportunity."
LaPilusa is a 6-foot-3, high academic guard attending Amador High.
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"West Coast Conference Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball All-Conference Awards"
2024-25 All-WCC Men’s Basketball Major Awards
- Player of the Year: Augustas Marciulionis, Saint Mary's
- Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
- Defensive Player of the Year: Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's
- Newcomer of the Year: Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
- Sixth Man of the Year: Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
- Freshman of the Year: Austin Rapp, Portland
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2024-25 All-WCC Men’s Basketball First Team
| Name | Yr. | Pos | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adama-Alpha Bal | Sr. | G | Santa Clara |
| Nolan Hickman | Sr. | G | Gonzaga |
| Graham Ike | Sr. | F | Gonzaga |
| Augustas Marciulionis | Sr. | G | Saint Mary's |
| Paulius Murauskas | So. | F | Saint Mary's |
| Ryan Nembhard | Sr. | G | Gonzaga |
| Michael Rataj | Jr. | F | Oregon State |
| Mitchell Saxen | Sr. | C | Saint Mary's |
| Malik Thomas | Sr. | G | San Francisco |
| Marcus Williams | Sr. | G | San Francisco |
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Brett McMurphy: "Big West will vote Friday to extend an official invitation to Cal Baptist & Utah Valley in 2026, sources said. Big West officials recently visited both campuses. Big West adding Cal Baptist & Utah Valley to replacing departing members Hawaii & UC Davis to Mountain West."
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"Former Ram Fabian Reichstadt named to 3C2A Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll"
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"Landon Seaman Named PacWest Player of the Week in Grand Finale"
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Frenchwood is out of Newark Memorial High, Lawrence Long matriculated at City College San Francisco after San Leandro High, Stone is a Sheldon High graduate and guard Lucky (Salesian Prep/Contra Costa College) Hampton earned his second Honorable Mention award.
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Scores
Mon, Mar 3, NCAA D1 scores.
Portland State 59, Sacramento State 56 box. In the Rose City, the Hornets shot 34.4% overall plus 29% on trey attempts and still kept it close (again minus Julian Vaughns who has missed five of the last six games). A pair of Sac State three-point jumpers in the last two seconds were errant.
Montana 83, Eastern Washington 72 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams led the hometown Grizz with 23 points (7-14 overall shooting, 3-6 from long range) and teammate Te'Jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/City College San Francisco) Sawyer added 19 points (6-6 overall shooting) plus five boards.
Tue, Mar 4, NCAA D1 scores
Colorado State 83, San Jose State University 56 box. The road game was still in reach for the Spartans -- 35-23 -- at halftime but Colorado State then plowed ahead. Two starters are still missing for SJSU and the bench consists of two players.
UNLV 74, San Diego State 67 box. In Las Vegas, the hometown squad won and while Miles (Lincoln High-Stockton) Byrd didn't shoot all that well his line consisted of 10 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocked shots. The Aztecs were ahead by two after the initial 20 minutes despite not having their freshman center available, the 7-footer who is in the running for conference MVP. Vegas was missing its top guard. The noted San Diego defense gave up a 51% overall shooting percentage, 12-24 on trey attempts, to the Rebels while shooting a lower than usual 40% overall.
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Next games: Nor Cal Regional, Sat, Mar 8, at 7:00 p.m.
- Las Positas College @ Modesto Junior College
- San Jose City College @ City College San Francisco
- Skyline College @ West Valley College
- Cosumnes River College @ Santa Rosa Junior College
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