News Bits
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Tyler Bailey: "All glory to GOD for guiding every step, opening the right doors & closing the wrong ones. Grateful to my parents, Coach Bergeson & staff for this opportunity, and all my coaches. Proud to commit to CSUSM_MBB.🎓🏀—Go Cougars!🐾💙"
That's Cal State San Marcos but at least the 6-foot-5" Serra High and AAU Team Rampage guard is remaining in California.
"Relentless Two-Way Force with a Fierce Competitive Edge"
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Now standing at 7-0, UC San Diego hasn't skipped a beat coming off a 30-5 season. This despite a coaching change as Eric Olen moved on to New Mexico. New Coach Clint Allard's (Archbishop Mitty grad) crew just finished winning the ESPN Invitational in Florida, downing Temple first 91-76, Bradley 87-77 and then Towson in the championship game 87-73.
6-foot-3 junior Aidan Archbishop Mitty) Burke scored 12 points in the opening game, shooting 4-5 from the floor, 3-3 on treys alongside three assists in 24 minutes. Burke followed that with 16 points in 29 minutes, shooting 4-8 overall, 3-7 from long distance. Against Towson, he tallied 14 points plus three assists in 31 minutes, shooting 5-8 overall, 4-5 from beyond the arc. On the season, Burke is averaging 11.0 points per game, 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He is shooting 57% overall and 52% from three-point range.
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"NorCal Tip-Off Classic Recaps"
As always, Gerry Freitas' bigtime event featured good teams and an array of top talents coming from up-and-down California.
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WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK—MYRON AMEY JR, SR G
Myron Amey, Jr. propelled the Lions to a 6-0 record with his performance on the road at UC Santa Barbara last week. He scored a game-high 29 points, tallying 19 of his points in the second half after shooting 7-for-12 from the field and 4-for-5 from three. His game totals included shooting 11-19 from the field (57.9 percent) and 6-for-7 from three (85.7 percent). Amey Jr.'s six treys set a career high.
Amey Jr.is a Loyola Marymount guard out of Vacaville High.
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"Sacramento State Hornets are Buzzing with Huge Transfer Portal Haul"
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Former Archbishop Mitty star 6-foot-7 Derek Sangster who began college at Princeton and then transferred to UC Davis, is now attending University of Redlands in San Bernardino County. In five games/starts and playing 25 minutes a contest this season, Sangster is averaging 16.0 points plus 6.2 boards an outing.
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"Minnesota head coach Niko Medved offers injury update on Robert Vaihola"
Vaihola is out of Archbishop Riordan, Fresno State and San Jose State University.
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"Nuggets Starter Aaron Gordon to Miss Multiple Weeks with Hamstring Strain"
This season, Gordon is averaging 18.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists.
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Carson Cooke: "Keshad (San Leandro High) Johnson secured the double double tonight versus the Bulls."
That being 14 points, 12 boards (four offensive) plus two blocked shots for the Miami Heat.
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Coach James Giacomazzi's Las Positas College crew are burning up scoreboards of late. The Hawks put up 102 versus Lassen College, then 103 against Monterey Peninsula College, then 108 with Hartnell College as the foe.
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Team Arsenal: "Arsenal Alum Oziyah Sellers 22 PTS with a big performance to help St. Johns in a win over Baylor."
A guard out of Modesto Christian High plus Stanford and USC, Sellers buried five treys in seven attempts.
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Team Arsenal: "Arsenal Alum Zyon (College Park High/UC Riverside/Florida) Pullin with back to back 30 point performances for the Iowa Wolves."
Pullin is a 6-foot-4 guard and the Iowa Wolves are member of the NBA G League.
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"Former Oakland High student thrives with life-changing Damian Lillard Scholarship"
Not necessarily hoops-related but a big acknowledgement goes out to Damian Lillard for his generosity.
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Game Scores
UC Davis moved to 4-0 at home, 5-2 overall, as the Aggies bested Louisiana 77-56. Nils Cooper, Michael's son, led with 18 points and plus a tied-for-team-high in rebounds with five.
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In a Palm Springs matchup of unbeaten teams. Santa Clara fell by a single point, 71-70, to St. Louis. Elijah (West Valley College) Mahi led the Broncos with both 18 points and seven rebounds. In the last 22 seconds of the game, Coach Herb Sendek's crew missed two layups, the last with two seconds on the clock.
Santa Clara started out fast and jumped out to a 51-27 lead after 20 minutes over Minnesota. The latter made a run in the second half with the final score being 85-75. The Broncos shot 54%, 52% on treys (on 31 attempts) and are now 6-1.
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St. Mary's won both halves, not by a lot (33-31, 37-34) but by enough to top previously undefeated Wichita State 70-65 in The Bahamas to go to 7-0. Gael Paulius Murauskas led with 20 points and added nine boards while 7-foot-2 teammate Andrew (Granada High) McKeever posted a 13 point, 15 rebound, two blocked shots line. Game report.
Again down in The Bahamas, St. Mary's downed another opponent, this time Virginia Tech 77-66 as Paulius Marauskas led the Gaels, now 8-0, with 19 points. The Hokies were held to just 31% overall shooting, 7-30 from beyond the arc. A 31-20 halftime lead held up for Coach Randy Bennett's squad. Game report.
Vanderbilt moved to 8-0 with a 96-71 margin-of-score startling defeat of St. Mary's (now 8-1) as the Commodores won both 20-minute sessions, 51-34, 45-37. In another surprise, considering how strong the Gael defense has performed, Vandy out-shot Coach Randy Bennett's collective 52% to 44%. Paulius Murauskas led the Moraga-ites with 24 points and teammate Mikey (Prolific Prep) Lewis totaled 19.
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Illinois bested visiting Rio Grande Valley 87-73 behind 24 points from Andrej (Jesuit High/Stanford/California) Stojakovic.
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At the Chase Center in San Francisco, California took down UCLA 80-72 with Chris (De La Salle High) Bell topping the Bears with 21 points and also contributing six rebounds. Cal shot 11-22 on treys and held the Bruins to 41% shooting.
Write For California game report. School game report.
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6-foot-5 transfer guard De'Undrae (Salesian Prep) Perteete started again and finished with 19 points on 5-7, 2-2, 7-8 overall shooting for UC Riverside in the Highlander 83-74 homecourt success against Grambling. Teammate Jailen (Mountain View High/Gavilan College/San Francisco State) Daniel-Dalton just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine boards. Coach Gus Argenal's squad stands 4-3.
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Pacific had another road matchup, one in Boca Raton versus Stony Brook, and the Tigers won in a romp 86-58. Ralph Elias led once again with his 17 points plus Jaden Clayton contributed 15 points on 6-6 shooting from the floor, 3-3 beyond the arc. Both are Canadians.
This time in Daytona Beach, Pacific nabbed another win, this versus Jacksonville, 68-53. This despite shooting 5-26 on trey attempts. TJ Wainwright led with 15 points and Ralph Elias, playing all 40 minutes, scored 14 points plus brought down 10 rebounds.
Ralph Elias provided 22 points along with eight boards, four assists and three steals in host Pacific's 68-54 takedown of Sacramento State. Mikey Williams did not shoot well (4-15 overall) but finished with 14 points plus six assists.
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Down in Palm Springs, Colorado went to 6-0 by defeating USF 79-69. The Dons led by at the half, 37-35 but Colorado took the lead for good just after the 12:00 minute mark of the second half. Ryan (Dougherty Valley High) Beasley put up 13 points for USF. Game report.
Nevada used a 43-28 second half to defeat USF 81-65 in Palm Springs. Don guard Ryan (Dougherty Valley High) Beasley went scoreless from the floor in 31 minutes and finished with three points on a trio of free throws. It's going to be difficult to win when your best talent even as a point tallies but three markers.
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Tulsa slammed SJSU 81-51 in Palm Springs (hope the mostly elderly residents there were in bed there by the time the game began or have the demographics changed?) earning a 10-point lead by halftime but a 38-18 second half was killer. The Spartans shot 33% to the Golden Hurricane's 54%.
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Also, in Palm Springs, the Spartans bounced back to take down Loyola Chicago 63-51 utilizing 34-20 second half. SJSU is now 3-4 on the season with just two home games thus far.
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Being at home didn't prove to be enough as UC Irvine bested host San Jose State University 72-63 with the Spartans being out-shot 49% to 31% and redshirt freshman Ben (Monterey Trail High) Roseborough the leading San Jose scorer at 12 points.
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"2027 Brentwood (TN) F Davis Cochran has received an offer from San José State."
Cochran is a 6-foot-9 power forward who owns eight offers to date.
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Behind 24 points from freshman guard Ebuka Okorie, the Cardinal downed Minnesota 72-68 in Palm Springs. Coach Kyle Smith's crew was out-shot, managing 37% on 67 attempts overall plus 26% on 31 trey attempts versus the Golden Gophers 51% and 45% respectively. But Minnesota only got up 45 shots overall and 'enjoyed' six more turnovers plus 11 less rebounds.
Also in Palm Springs, after an intentional free throw miss by Ebuka Okorie and AJ Rohosy's offensive rebound and pass out, Benny Gealer buried a three-pointer with 0.8 seconds left on the clock to lift Stanford to a 78-77 victory versus St. Louis. It was Gealer's sole successful shot from the floor. on the night. Rohosy was credited with five offensive boards on the night, nine overall plus 11 points, all in 23 minutes. The Cardinal found themselves down by 11, 47-36, at the half.
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In Flagstaff, AZ, Southeast Missouri State used a 55-37 second half to top Cal Poly 84- 68. Cayden (St. Mary's High-Stockton) Ward topped the Mustangs with 15 points. CP shot just 30% overall, 21% on 24 three-point attempts.
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Cal Poly Men's Basketball: "Following a career high 28 points at Utah last week and a Mustang victory!"
Cayden Ward is a 6-foot-6 sophomore out of St. Mary's High in Stockton.
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Money (Oakland High) Williams didn't shoot well (4-14 overall), finishing with 15 points but his was his matching assist total that really stood out -- 15 assists on 87 team points is remarkable—but Montana fell to Oakland 95-87. Oakland as a team totaled 15 assists. Griz redshirt freshman Tyler (Vanden High) Thompson scored 19 points, finishing 5-7 from three-point range.
Ersin Demir provides a full-length Money Williams scouting report.
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Up in Sacto, the Hornets as expected, took care of San Francisco State 94-46 as Prophet Johnson gave a sermon and teammate Jahni Summers provided 21 points apiece.
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Back at home for a second game, Cal Poly SLO turned away University of Redlands 87-81 powered by Peter Bandelj's near triple-double consisting of 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.
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6 foot-2 guard Quinn (Bellarmine College Prep/West Valley College) Denker finished with 23 points plus eight assists in Northern Colorado's 73-51 downing of Air Force, pairing up Greeley versus Colorado Springs.
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In Las Vegas, Seattle defeated Texas State 66-52 behind 17 points from sophomore Will (Archie Williams High) Heimbrodt.
Also in Vegas, Seattle then fell to UC Santa Barbara 74-71 in the championship game of the World Resorts Classic as Will (Archie Williams High) Heimbrodt scored 20 points on 9-10 shooting, blocked three more shots and nabbed three steals. 6-foot-8 sophomore Zion (Archbishop Riordan) Sensley had a major coming out party as a starter for the winning Gauchos with 20 points on 5-8, 4-6, 6-6 shooting, plus six boards.
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Non-D1 game scores
Leo (De La Salle High/Sacramento State) Ricketts and the rim were almost one as the sophomore guard scored 26 points on 9-11, 5-6, 3-3 shooting in the Citrus College 133-91 take down of Mt. San Jacinto College. The 6-foot-1 backcourter added six rebounds, plus three assists and also three steals. Ricketts leads the state with 64% shooting from three-point range.
Simpson University 76, Chico State 60 game report. 6-foot-7 senior Nian Allen led all scorers with 29 points and 6-foot-5 teammate Dylan (Bella Vista High/Yuba College) Harms tallied 14 points. Chris (Jesuit High/Sac State/Santa Rosa JC/Sonoma State) Holley paced Chico with both 14 points and six assists.
Out of South Sudan, College of Alameda's 6-foot-8, 190 freshman Kot Majier Manyiel produced 25 points (5-9, 2-4, 13-14 shooting), 11 rebounds (five offensive) and two assists in an 80-72 victory versus Ohlone College.
6-foot-4 senior Andre Norris provided a team best 21 points plus eight boards and four assists plus teammate Tom Parsons shot 8-8 from the floor on his way to 19 points as William Jessup University topped CSU Maritime Academy 87-72. 6-foot-1 sophomore Nick (Sheldon High) Stone paced Maritime with 17 points.
Despite receiving 25 points from 6-foot-5 senior Jeremiah (Clayton Valley Charter/West Valley College) Dargan, Chico State fell at home to St. Martin's 81-64. A 39-23 initial half put the Wildcats into an inescapable hole.
College of Marin came back from a five point halftime deficit to defeat Diablo Valley College 93-92. German-born 6-foot-8 sophomore Olivier Borgol again was living large with 37 points (16-27 shooting) plus 17 rebounds, nine offensive.
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