News Bits
St. Mary's is touring this month in Australia and played the Sydney KIngs (featuring Matthew Dellavedova (DNP) and Harry Wessels) on August 14. The outcome: an 85-72 victory for the Gaels. 6-foot-6, 215 sophomore wing Mantas Juzenas paced the Moraga-ites with 16 points as well as eight boards.
Plus on August 16, despite getting 20 points plus seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots from Vangelis Zougris, Coach Mickey McConnell's crew fell 86-84 to the South East Melbourne Phoenix.
Just found this - in the first game of the tour on August 13:
Delly Mouthguard: "Saint Mary’s drops game 1 of the Australian summer tour 95-78. Gaels started Dent, Bivins, Juzenas, Zougris, and Altuntas. Juzenas led Saint Mary’s with 24 points in 25 minutes."
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Anthony Smith: "Thankful and blessed. Appreciate you WeberStateMBB."
Smith is a 2028 6-foot-4, 180 combo guard attending Clovis High and playing AAU ball with Lakeshow.
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"Fresno Pacific University and Menlo College Officially Join the CCAA"
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"The Late Don Nelson Changed the NBA Forever With Four Landmark Innovations"
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Who would have ever guessed that Idaho State men's basketball would ever have developed a Bengal roster within a roster consisting of Nor Cal talent? Check out who fits that bill on the 2026-27 ISU squad:
- 6-foot-5 redshirt freshman guard Ty Virgil out of Sheldon High
- 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Kenyon DeMuynck out of San Leandro High and City College San Francisco
- 6-foot-6 freshman guard Joven Dulay out of Folsom High
- 6-foot-10 sophomore forward Malachi Johnson out of Inderkum High and Cal State Stanislaus
- 6-foot-11 sophomore forward Malik Johnson out of Inderkum High andCal State Stanislaus
- 5-foot-10 freshman guard McKae Amundsen out of Clovis North High
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Simply Basketball: "NJ Gray (2027) will be attending Salesian College Prep."
A big time pickup for Coach Bill Mellis. Gray is coming over from The Branson School.
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"Dusty May just exposed college basketball’s problem no NIL check can fix"
Do coaches still have time to coach?
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"Hiring coaches among first steps for return of sports at Sonoma State University"
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