News Bits
Brandon Bento-Jackson: "I’m happy to announce my commitment to Regis University. I’m excited about this next chapter in my basketball journey."
The 5-foot-10, 180 Bento-Jackson is a sophomore out of Arcata High, followed by Cal Poly Humboldt and then San Diego City College. He scored eight points a game this season with a 66/33 assist-to-turnover ratio and 38 steals in 27 games. Regis is a Jesuit Catholic D2 school located in Denver.
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Lucca Mazzie: "Stanford gets their second commitment of the season, adding AJ Rohosy from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps."
Mazzie breaks some news here. The 6-foot-9 Rohosy is out of Marin Catholic High, Washington State and CMS. He averaged 21.3 points and 10.5 rebounds this past season and earned second-team All-America honors from D3hoops.com. He'll be reuniting with Coach Kyle Smith and has one year of eligibility remaining.
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"Stanford's Raynaud Shines in NBA Draft Combine"
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Geoff Grammer: "6-4 combo guard Sir Marius Jones, one of the better prep players in Northern California who was previously signed at UC Irvine, has committed to the UNM Lobos. (Lobo asst. Michael Wilder just came to UNM from UC Irvine)."
Jones is a heralded talent out of Sacramento High. Here's a five question feature on Jones from the Albuquerque Journal. One question is about Coach Wilder.
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PortalUpdates: "San Diego transfer Tony Duckett has committed to Saint Mary’s. The 6’5” guard started 22/29 games played, averaging 10.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. Duckett was named to All-WCC Freshman Team."
He's young, big, promising and staying in the West Coast Conference. Here's a feature on his move.
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Skyline Basketball: "Congrats to former Trojan Darrin Lum on his commitment to Menlo College! Excited to have him back in the Bay, where it all started. And excited to have another member of our #SkylineMBBFam competing in the PacWest next season."
The 6-foot-3 Lum is out of Lincoln High in San Francisco and is currently at Willamette University.
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Cole Roque: "100% committed."
The 5-foot-6 Roque is out of Dougherty Valley High and is heading to Cal State San Marcos in Riverside County.
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PD Web: "2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian (CA) & teamlillardaau has earned an offer from New Mexico.
Could see this happening considering how fans support the program plus the winning tradition. But Sir Marius Jones is also a 6-foot-4 backcourter. New Coach Eric Olen has come over from UC San Diego.
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Jake Lieberman: "6’7 prospect Abdullah Amzil out of Drive Basketball Academy (Finland) tells me that he’s receiving interest from Kent State, Youngstown State, San Francisco, East Carolina, Hofstra, +. Offers include Toledo, Wyoming, South Carolina, Utah & Boston U."
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Elijah Hayeems: "Blessed to receive a D1 offer from Bryant University."
Hayeems is a 6-foot-6 2026 backcourter currently playing at a prep school in Texas. He was at International High in San Francisco.
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Los Medanos College Men's Basketball: "We’d like to welcome TS Drayden II from Cornerstone Christian High School to the Los Medanos Family!"
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"We’d like to welcome Mathys Joseph from College Park High School to the Los Medanos Family! "
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"We’d like to welcome another commit to the Los Medanos family! From Mount Diablo High School in Concord, CA please welcome Eric Warrick"
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"We’d like to welcome Jamire Singleton from Armijo High School in Fairfield, CA to the Los Medanos College family!"
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"Little 4 MVP named to 2025 CalHiSports all-state team"
That's 6-foot-4 junior Liam Dyer of St. Bernard's Academy in Eureka.
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Devin Aye: "Jags sophomore Davis Crilly (6’6” 225) has been offered by Lubbock Christian University (TX). Super skilled, tough, high IQ, high character, and extremely versatile!"
On May 1, Crilly also received a schollie offer from University of Mary.
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Devin Aye: "San Jose City College guard/ forward Apollo (Silver Creek High) Eugene 6’2” 225 has received an athletic scholarship to Warner Pacific University in Portland, OR. Apollo was team captain, and brought toughness, leadership and skill every day. 3.9 GPA and incredible young man!"
Eugene signed with Warner Pacific on Tuesday. The school is located in Portland.
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Patil is a Peninsula talent, out of San Mateo High.
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Verbal Commits: "2027 Prolific Prep (CA) F/C Obinna Ekezie, Jr. has received an offer from Ohio State."
In this day and age of NIL, it's hard to believe the 2027 7-footer will be college-ing in northern California, especially now that he be going to school in Florida..
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"Prolific Prep to Begin New Era in Ft. Lauderdale Starting 2025–2026 School Year
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Prolific Prep, one of the nation’s premier high school basketball programs, is officially relocating its operations to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. The move marks the next chapter in a storied 11 year run that began in Napa Valley, California,during the 2014-2015 season...
...Prolific Prep will begin classes in Ft. Lauderdale in the Fall 2025, with a national game schedule that will begin in late October / early November with plans to maintain the same high-performance standards that have defined the program since its inception 11 years ago."
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"Texas Tech fans have new hope after Darrion Williams speaks at NBA Combine"
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Tobias Bass: "Since entering the transfer portal, Rickey Ballard has heard the following schools:
- San Jose State
- Grambling State
- Alabama State
- USF
- Lipscomb
- Bryant
- Penn State
He averaged 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 38.4 percent from 3."
Out of University of West Georgia and D2 Lynn University before that, Ballard is 6-foot-7, 200 pounds with a year of remaining eligibility. Just 23 free throw attempts, 31 games, 23 minutes per contest. plus 35 assists versus 40 turnovers.
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