Potpourri, Feb 17

News Bits

Chapman Basketball: "Please help us welcome our first commit of the 2025 Class, from Menlo-Atherton High School, Trevor Cadigan! The 6’4 G/W lefty sharp shooter hails from Menlo Park, California. We can’t wait to get Trevor on campus this next Fall!"

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"Joshua Jefferson Scouting Report"

Ersin Demir writes about the former St. Mary's talent, now at Iowa State.

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"Citrus, San Francisco Lead in this Week's WPI Report"

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Devaughn Dorrough: "Extremely blessed to have received another Division 1 offer from Cal Berkeley."

The 6-foot-8 Monterey Trail High freshman will soon have the national big boys wanting him.

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"NorCal basketball roundup: De La Salle gets revenge, back to basics, routs Dougherty Valley for EBAL title"

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"EBAL Champs! De La Salle routs Dougherty Valley to win league crown"

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6-foot-5 Emory University sophomore A.J. (Piedmont High) Harris is averaging 11.8 points plus 5.2 rebounds while shooting 46%, 35% and 60% respectively in 21 games/starts and 28 minutes a contest. He also has 35 assists as well as 32 steals.

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John Tofi: "Neph Josh Green dropped 47pts on Senior Night! New school record!"

Green is a 6-foot-1 senior at Bishop O'Dowd.

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Fri, Feb 14, NCAA D1 scores

Nevada 73, San Jose State University 58 box. The Spartans were again missing their top two scorers in Josh Uduje and Will McClendon, hence the 58 points. Yet SJSU led 27-26 after 20 minutes. But allowing Nevada to shoot a torrid 52% overall, especially on the road, is cruising for an L.

Sat, Feb 15, NCAA D1 scores

Duke 106, Stanford 70 box. The Cardinal were down by 15 by halftime and matters became worse afterwards. Maxime Raynaud scored a team high 19 points but needed 21 shot attempts. What's interesting is he was accurate on four of nine three-point shots.

Georgia Tech 90, California 88 OT box. Cal was down by five after 20 minutes and came back to tie it up, only to fall a couple of points shots. In 40 minutes, Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic tallied 22 points but was light on the boards with just two. Freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson's 25 points led the Bears.

Northern Arizona 65, Sacramento State 61 box. The Hornets came close at home even with missing leading scorer guard Julian Vaughns. Going 6-6 at the foul line is an obvious excellent percentage for Sacto but too minimal in points to usually nab a victory.

Texas A&M CC 69 Incarnate Word 55 box. Despite receiving 25 points (9-13, 3-5 and 4-5 shooting) from Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman, IW could shake a 33-29 deficit after 20 minutes.

Oregon State 79, Pacific 65 box. The Tigers out-shot the Corvallis-ites overall and on treys but the shot attempt differentials did Pacific in: 45 overall shots with 11 three-point attempts versus 60 and 28. Tiger guard Lamar Washington played well with 15 points, six boards, five assists and four steals.

UC San Diego 85, UC Davis 60 box. At least sophomore Nils Cooper (Michael's son) shone brightly in this road contest with 12 points and eight boards. He shot 5-6 overall, 2-2 at the foul line.

Montana 65, Weber State 58 box. Te'Jon (Salesian Prep/Cal Baptist/CCSF) Sawyer scored 17 points in 28 minutes and also contributed four boards plus three assists for the homecourt Grizz.

San Francisco 84, San Diego 61 box. Marcus Williams' 23 points and 20 from Malik Thomas continued the 'led by the backcourt' season long direction for the Dons.

St. Mary's 77, Washington State 56 box. The Gaels bench provided just nine points, seven rebounds and zero assists but receiving 30 points plus 10 boards from forward Paulius Murauskas covered any deficits plus 16 points, seven assists, four rebounds and four steals via Augustas Marciulionis did as well.

Sunday - no reportable games

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Fri, Feb 14 CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 82, DeAnza College 71 SFCC box. Rickey Mitchell Jr. paced the victorious Rams with 24 points and teammate Anthony (Riordan High) Pusateri earned a 16 point, 14 board double-double.

West Valley College 82, Cabrillo College 60

Las Positas College 98, Ohlone College 72 LPC box. Sterling (Vnden High) McClanahan's 20 points paced LPC and teammate Jorren (Washington High-Fremont) Edmonds took just six shots in scoring seven points and added seven boards, six assists, five boards, and three steals.

Chabot College 84, College of San Mateo 63 CC Box. Freshman guard Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin topped his team with both 17 points and seven assists. 6-foot-7 teammate Oz (Fremont High-Oakland) Savage provided 14 points (on seven shots), seven boards and four blocked shots.

San Jose City College 93, Monterey Peninsula College 50

Santa Rosa Junior College 94 Folsom Lake College 80 box. For SR, Andrew (Rancho Cotate High) Pengel led four starters in double figures with 27 points. He shot 5-11 from three-point range.

Skyline College 66, Cañada College 52

Napa Valley College 91, Solano College 73

College of Alameda 78, Mendocino College 60

Yuba College 95, Los Medanos College 90

Contra Costa College 81, College of Marin 64

Gavilan College 77, Foothill College 75

Sat, Feb 15 CCCMBCA scores

College of the Sequoias 91, Merced College 81 box Like last game, CoS forward Jordan (Hanford High) Haire just missed a double-double with 22 points and nine rebounds. Teammate Tyree (Burbank High) Gill contributed 19 points.

Shasta College 71, Butte College 70

College of the Redwoods 94, Feather River College 78

Columbia College 83, Porterville College 69

No games on Sunday

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CCAA scores from Thursday

Caden Harris led with 22 points and teammate JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy was right behind with 21 as Chico State bested San Francisco State 82-65. Each also contributed seven rebounds. A 55-38 first half blew open the matchup. Tyjean (Antelope High/College of the Sequoias) Burrell paced the Gators with 21 points plus six boards and three assists.

Cal State Los Angeles topped Cal State Monterey Bay 82-77 behind Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell's 24 points. He shot 8-12, 2-4 and 6-7 respectively. On the flip side, Jaden (Kennedy High) Tengan tallied 27 points for the host team and he shot 9-18, 4-9 and 5-5 respectively.

Stanislaus State fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills 73-70 despite receiving 17 points and four assists in 28 minutes from Cameron (Turlock High/Porterville College) Walker. He shot 6-8 overall, 5-7 from long distance.

In Other Games

Dominican University fell in double overtime to Hawai'i Pacific University 85-79. 6-foot-2 junior Omari (Vanden High/Texas State) Davis played 20 minutes for DU, took four shots, scored six points AND produced four rebounds, four assists and four steals.

CCAA scores from Saturday

With 23 points plus five assists, guard Shane (Salesian Prep) Bell led roadtrippin' CSLA to an 11 point second half margin that overcome a halftime deficit. Backcourter Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones tallied 24 points alongside five rebounds and three assists in the 83-79 losing cause.

Cal State Dominguez Hills bested Cal State Monterey Bay 82-65 as Michael (Palo Alto High/Vermont) Mora topped the hometown Sea Otters with 15 points.

Behind 19 points and five assists via guard Caden (Capital Christian High/Yuba College) Flowers, San Francisco State took care of Cal Poly Humboldt 81-67.

Host Cal State San Bernardino edged Sonoma State 81-79 despite Chris (Jesuit Holley/Sacramento State/Santa Rosa Junior College) Holley tallying 19 points and eight assists for the Seawolves. Holley shot a very efficient 8-11, 0-1 and 3-3 respectively. Aaron (West Valley College) Ragen actually led Sonoma in scoring with 21 points, going 6-6 from long distance.

Four Chico State starters finished in double figures scoring paced by Isaiah St. Francis High/Montana) Kerr's 19 while teammate Trae Taylor provided 14 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots in a tight one, 75-72 over host Cal State East Bay. The Hayward-ites were led by Beril Kabamba's 19 points (18 shots taken) plus nine boards.

In Other Games

On Friday, 6-foot-9 sophomore Salim (Petaluma High) Arakat scored 15 points (6-9, 3-5, 0-0 shooting) and received credit for four boards plus a pair of assists but Menlo College fell 85-79 in double overtime to Fresno Pacific University.

On Saturday, William Jessup University freshman Wyatt (Roosevelt High) Struder totaled 15 points on perfect 3-3, 2-2, 4-4 shooting plus brought down 5 rebounds while teammate Ja'Maris Blackmon also scored 15 points in the 73-68 defeat of visiting Hawai'i Pacific.

On Saturday, UC Merced handled Simpson University 79-63 as Jayson Wiltz and Myles (Grant High) Haynes produced 14 points apiece and teammate Aidan (Dougherty Valley High/Regis University) Sevilla filled up the stats sheet via 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals.

On Sunday, UC Santa Cruz utilized a 41-28 second half to down visiting Simpson University 83-66. Leading the Slugs, Joe (Pleasant Grove High) Espy led in points, rebounds and assists with 21, 17 and four plus Andrew (West Campus High/Sacramento City College) Ferrara-Jones was solid with 17 points and five boards. For SU, Jace Mills provided 22 points plus eight rebounds. Teammate Trey (Kelseyville High) Conrad shot 4-6 on threes to finish with 16 points.

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Potpourri, Feb 14

News Bits

Wed, Feb 12, NCAA D1 scores

Ohio State 93, Washington 69 box. For UW, 6-foot-9 Tyler (Granada High) Harris tied for the team lead with 14 points (shooting 4-9, 2-2 and 4-4 respectively) and also nabbed four steals. But he failed to grab a single rebound in 30 minutes of court time.

Texas Tech 111, Arizona State 106 OT box. Darrion (Capital Christian High/Nevada) Williams finished with 27 points for the victor.

Duke 78, California 57 box. Freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson provided a team high 21 points, Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic took 14 shots and totaled 10 points while the Bears received a meager three points from its bench. Cal was down by 15 after the first 20 minutes. Call it the Bear being Flagg-ed for 27 points. Write for California game report.

Georgia Tech 60, Stanford 52 box. Leading scorer Maxime Raynaud scored just eight points in the loss.

Thu, Feb 13, NCAA D1 scores

Gonzaga 86, USF 77 box. The score was 38 apiece at the half with Malik Thomas tallying 13 points. But the Zags came out strong in the second half and maintained a comfortable lead (71-58 at the 6:47 mark). The Dons kept closing the gap (73-63 at the 4:45 mark, then 78-70 @ 2:22) before host Gonzaga again began to pull away. Malik Thomas finished with 26 points and teammate Ryan (Dougherty Valley High) Beasley scored 16, shooting 7-10 overall, 2-4 on trey attempts. Gonzaga shot 52% overall.

Montana 81, Idaho State 68 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams paced the Grizz with 17 points and added six boards and three assists. He shot 7-8, 3-3 and 0-0 respectively.

UC Davis 75, UC Riverside 74 box. Ty Johnson paced the Aggies with 23 points, also led in assists with four plus grabbed five rebounds. Davis outscored UCR by four in the second half for the victory.

Northern Colorado 77, Sacramento State 61 box. Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne tallied 24 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists on the road. The score was 45-25 UNC after 20 minutes. Sacto's leading scorer, Julian Vaughns, missed the game. He played 36 minutes in the previous contest so it's likely an illness that sidelined him.

Pacific 83, Loyola Marymount box. It was a one point difference favoring LMU after a half but the Tigers enjoyed a 51-25 second half rout. Guard Lamar Washington post an amazing stats line of 31 points, 10 boards, six assists plus five steals. He shot 13-19, 1-3 and 4-4 respectively. If he doesn't receive WCC Player of the Week honors, just can the award.

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Wed, Feb 12, CCCMBCA scores

Columbia College 84, Lemoore College 69

City College San Francisco 109, Ohlone College 66

Las Positas College 106, Cañada College 92

Matt Schwab: "...Top players:

• Elijah (Weston Ranch High) Mobley 33 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl
• Sterling (Vanden High) McClanahan 25 pts, 8 reb
• Jorren (Washington High-Fremont) Edmonds 16 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast
• Damian (Monterey Trail High) McAlister 9 pts, 11 reb, 2 stl

Record: Las Positas 22-3, 8-3"

West Valley College 89, Monterey Peninsula College 46

Chabot College 73, Skyline College 65

"Your Gladiators were led by:

• Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards 20pts 5rebs 4ast 2stls
• Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin 20pts 7rebs 3ast 3ast
• Christian Wilson 10pts 10rebs (double-double)."

College of the Sequoias 77, Fresno City College 63 box. For the victors, Davis White tallied 20 points, Jordan (Hanford High) Haire 18 (plus a team high of nine rebounds) and Tyree (Burbank High) Gill 17

San Jose City College 77, Gavilan College 61

College of the Siskiyous 76, Butte College 72

Foothill College 87, Hartnell College 69

"Hartnell loses to Foothill 87-69.

• Gunner Larson with 18.
• Blake Dibble with 17.
• Finn Powelson with 13.
• Ty McUne with 10."

College of the Siskiyous 52, Butte College 47

College of Marin 70, Los Medanos College 67

College of Alameda 76, Merritt College 58

Contra Costa College 71, Solano College 60

Yuba College 77, Mendocino College 61

College of San Mateo 81, DeAnza College 69

Shasta College 52, Lassen College

Thu, Feb 13, CCCMBCA scores

Modesto Junior College 115, American River College 78

Santa Rosa Junior College 84, Sacramento City College 73

Cosumnes River College 74, Diablo Valley College 67 box.

Sierra College 89, San Jaoquin delta College 66

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"A Championship Bond? The Hawks are now contenders thanks to their chemistry"

Solid feature on the Las Positas College squad.

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Jake Lieberman: "6'4 combo guard Jake Davis from West Valley College has been offered by Stetson, I’m told. Double digit scorer who is a tremendous three-point shooter."

Lieberman also reports that Cornell is now in the picture.

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Jed Siev: "Swarthmore 72, Washington College 47

Zander Jimenez: 22 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl

Jimenez is a 6-foot-3 freshman guard out of Salesian Prep. Here's our August 2023 Jimenez feature.

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Devaughn Dorrough: "Extremely blessed to have received another Division 1 offer from the University of Southern California."

He's a 6-foot-8 freshman at Monterey Trail High.

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"25 players to watch at the 2025 De La Salle Martin Luther King Jr. Classic high school basketball event"

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"Top 15 Northern California High School Boys Basketball Rankings (2/11/2025) Top-ranked St. Joseph, Riordan and Salesian continue to roll as the playoffs in Northern California approach"

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UC Merced Bobcats: "The Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season - Jaron Mertle!

Congrats, Jaron!"

A senior, the 6-foot-6 Mertle is out of Clear Lake High.

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So would St. Mary's jump to the PAC-12 if offered? Here's a partial read (a freebie) of a John Canzano feature on the subject. My guess is yes. Bennett's crew is always good enough to compete, if not win, at a higher level. But yeah, the capacity of that gym!

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In the UC Santa Cruz game played on Tuesday, the Slugs topped Academy of Art 64-60 at Kezar Pavilion. 6-foot-9 junior Joseph (Pleasant Grove High) Espy posted a 17 point, 10 rebound double-double and teammate 5-foot-11 senior Ryan (Serra High/Skyline College) Wilson led with six assists.

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Meet Matt McAndrews

This article is from 2023—the 6-foot-2 sophomore McAndrews is at San Jose City College now where he is averaging 14.4 points per game with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.

When a love for the game of basketball is demonstrably palpable, rather than just solely verbalized, it's an exhilarating and contagious experience. Watch 6-foot-1 Foothill College guard Matt McAndrews for just a few minutes, whether it be in an actual game or practice or even in a pick-up setting and his fervor is everpresent. Heck, just talk with him for a while and it's apparent his hoops spirit comes straight from the heart.

However important that is to being successful, there is so much more to McAndrews.

He comes from a very successful program at Archbishop Mitty, one that went 86-14 during his varsity tenure. The Monarchs won a state championship in 2012, lost to Mater Dei in the title match the following season and then fell to Capital Christian in the state semifinals. "I didn't have to score a lot because we had so many options and so many scorers," McAndrews recalled.

He then moved over to Foothill College. "While I was at Mitty, I was kind of small," he explained. "College ball is physical so I didn't play first year (at Foothill).

In his second year as an Owl, McAndrews was all set to go. "I got my weight up and was playing in the San Francisco Pro-Am. But right after our summer tournament, I was playing in a park, went up to dunk and got undercut. I landed on my neck and fractured it."

"Being sidelined for me was really, really difficult. I had never been injured and here I was in bed for two or three weeks. It was a big blow mentally and I was depressed.

There Was An Upside

"I learned I really love basketball—this is what I want to do. But I also learned there's a lot more to life than basketball. I use it as a tool to be successful in the future. I've met so many people because of basketball, whether it be at Foothill or the Pro Am and adult leagues and I love it."

He returned to the court this season for Foothill and quickly put up eye-catching numbers: 18.1 points on 49%, 43% and 80% shooting, 3.4 assists plus 3.1 rebounds in his first seven games. However, he was slowed by two hernias and two tears in his lower abductors and decided to get those ailments resolved. He earned a medical redshirt and still retains four years of eligibility.

"I'm just happy to be playing still. I'm still in the gym everyday and it's the most fun I've had. I've been playing since I was seven or eight and I'm 21 now and finally realizing my potential."

What's The Genesis Of His Overall Enthusiasm?

"My Dad hardest worker I've ever seen. He's the guy who got me into basketball and a reason I still play. He helped in me learning about the game and seeing him work in his craft makes me work on mine. He knows what to do to be successful and I'll end up being successful if I use the same formula."

There's also this: "Part of it comes from my coaches over the years. [Foothill Head Coach] Matt Stanley, [Foothill Associate Head Coach] Jimmy Herrera. [Archbishop Mitty Head Coach] Tim Kennedy, my AAU coaches, they each put 100% into their teams. I am the same way with the same mindset. Their dedication makes me want to get better and they have pushed me towards thinking I want to be a coach in the future. [During a game], I'll look over at Stanley and see we're on the same page, thinking the same thing. Our mind's kind of click. The confidence in me has pushed me to thinking about coaching."

McAndrews' Mission

"My job as a point guard is that I don't want them to coach as much as they do. I want to be their coach on the floor. Give me the keys to the car."

One element that aided McAndrews' leadership role this season is the tightness of the Owl squad. "Our team this year was one of the closest ever, 1-15 just really good guys. It's like a family with 15 best friends. We knew how to talk to each other and knew everyone's playing style. I went around meeting the guys on the team and my job was to make it easier, to help them play into their game. I want to be the type of player giving out shots.

"I would watch the high school tapes [of my teammates] and their playing styles. I learned what they did as seniors. The old tapes showed what they were and could be. I saw my job as raising their confidence like when they were back in high school and get them to play like that at Foothill."

About his basketball IQ, McAndrews offered, "It's a lot easier to develop when you're fully invested and around the same thing 24/7 continuously getting new information. I started watching a lot more film of my game and others because I'm always trying to learn new things, Nothing is forced for me, it's all natural and I love it. I also like math so it's fun for an hour and a half when I walk into math class."

However, there is one prominent line of demarcation separating him from his teammates and it runs through Cleveland. While citing Jason Williams and Steve Nash as inspirations, McAndrews is a huge LBJ fan. "My teammates hate me because I talk about him (LeBron James) all the time. I study his game and he's made me see the game slower. He plays basketball like it should be played and is the best ever at impacting the game without scoring."

Potpourri, Feb 12

News Bits

Alex Gil-Fernandez, of Gunn High, Foothill College and Cal State San Marcos, signed with the Santa Cruz Warriors on February 7. He played in the Mexican LNBP league the last two seasons. Joey (Marin Catholic/San Diego/UConn) Calcaterra was waived by the Warriors.

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Bellarmine Athletics (Feb 7): "Varsity basketball final: Bells 49 SHC 45. Also, congrats to Junior PG Will Corbett for joining the 1,000 point club finishing the game with 25 points."

That's half of his team's total. Remarkable for the 6-foot-2 prospect.

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Ronnie Flores: "Congrats to Oklahoma-bound & soon-to-be 3x all-stater Alec Blair (L), as tonight he broke the De La Salle High School basketball career scoring mark (1,652 pts.) of 2001 CalHiSports all-state guard Joe See. See helped the Spartans win the CIF D1 crown in 2000; Congrats to Alec."

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6-foot-1 sophomore Kaden (Gunn High) Holbrook is majoring in economics at Macalester College in Minnesota. Besides that, in 16 games, 15 starts and 30.6 minutes an outing, he is averaging 15.8 points plus 4.3 rebounds a game, shooting 39%, 34% and 80% respectively.

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6-foot-8 graduate student Isaiah (Tracy High/USF) Hawthorne is enjoying by far his most productive season of his collegiate hoops tenure. In 24 games/starts and 29 minutes a night, Hawthorne is second on the team in scoring at 16.9 points and also ranks second in rebounding with 5.6 a contest. Head Coach Steve Smiley and his assistants deserve major credit for identifying and wooing Hawthorne to Greeley

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A senior finance major out of The Congo, 6-foot-8, 230 Nathan Ilunga is averaging 10.0 points plus a team high 6.8 rebounds per contest alongside a team best 26 blocked shots in 23 games/starts and 31 minutes an outing. He formerly played at City College San Francisco.

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6-foot-4 senior and business sports management major David (Moreau Catholic High/Chabot College) Hector is in his second season at Southwest Baptist University and in 21 games/starts at 27 minutes per game, is averaging 7.8 points plus a squad high 6.1 boards while shooting 51%, 30% and 60% respectively. His 30 steals is also tops on his team.

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KPIX CBS anchor Matt Lively presents the USF Beasley Brothers, 6-foot-2 senior Robby and 5-foot-11 Ryan, in a just short of three minutes feature. Click here.

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"Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Boys State Basketball Player of the Week Conor Maguire (International, San Francisco) Sr.

It’s not many blocks from the Potrero Hill neighborhood in San Francisco where International High School is located to Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors. It’s at International High where we find this week’s boys’ honoree for Northern California.

Head coach Paul Cortes nominated senior guard Conor after what he did during a senior night celebration last week that saw him rack up 14 three-pointers and 63 points in a 100-55 triumph over Drew of San Francisco. We have a photo of the official scorebook to prove the totals.

Many were wondering about CIF North Coast Section and all-time San Francisco city records after Maguire’s big night. Our state records include everyone who has scored 64 points or more, but not 63. Based on that, and with the stipulation that it’s possible there’s another 63-point total from the NCS or SF city annals that we don’t have, Conor would now rank No. 4 on the city list behind 82 by Winters Patterson of Balboa (1995), 78 by Walter Jackson of Balboa (1992) and 72 by Joel Black of Lick-Wilmerding (1966). For the NCS, Maguire would sit at No. 3 behind Black and Don Lyons of CSD Berkeley at 69 (1964).

For the 14 three-pointers, which was helped by Conor nailing 11-of-15 on threes in the first half alone when he had 42 of his points, that is a new NCS record. It broke the previous best in our exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state record files of 12 firs set in 2004 by Chad Lichau of Napa Justin-Siena and tied in 2023 by then freshman Saddiq Alarbesh of Napa Christian. We have no reported total from any other San Francisco schools in the AAA, WCAL or others with 12 or more, either.

In the same game in which Maguire had 63 points, he also had 10 rebounds and five assists. He had 42 points in the first half and was an amazing 11-of-15 shooting three-pointers. In other games earlier this season, Conor had 27 points with six rebounds, four assists and six steals vs San Domenico and 26 points with 10 rebounds and six assists vs Gateway.

“Conor led us to a final four finish in the CIF NorCal D5 playoffs last season has elevated our small school to its best run in school history the last couple of years,” Cortes said. “This was his senior night and he went out in a huge way."

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Mon, Feb 10, NCAA D1 scores

Incarnate Word 75, New Orleans 65 box. Dylan (Healdsburg High) Hayman scored 22 points, grabbed five boards and issued three assists.

Tue, Feb 11, NCAA D1 scores

St. Mary's 73, Santa Clara 64 box. Augustas Marciulionis was on the court for 40 minutes and led the Gaels with 24 points, six assists and three steals. Starting guard Adama-Alpha Bal did not play for the Broncos due to injury/illness.

San Diego State 69, San Jose State University 66 box. Back on January 28, the Spartans led the Aztecs 41-29 at the half only to lose 71-68. This time, the lead was 37-20 San Jose. Latrell Davis, who led SJSU with 21 points, missed on a three-point try for the tie at the buzzer with this one. Teammate Donovan Yap enjoyed 19 and center Robert (Archbishop Riordan) Vaihola posted a solid line of nine boards, five assists, five points (five attempts) and three blocked shots. Starters Josh Uduje and Will McClendon were missing for Sparta presumably due to illness. 

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Mon, Feb 10, CCCMBCA scores

no Nor Cal games

Tue, Feb 11, CCCMBCA scores

Cosumnes River College 68, American River College 54

Diablo Valley College 67, Folsom Lake College 62

Sacramento City College 73, San Joaquin Delta College 65

Santa Rosa Junior College 76, Sierra College 55

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Potpourri, Feb 10

News Bits

Fri, Feb 7 NCAA D1 scores

Boise State 79, San Jose State University 52 box.The Spartans couldn't score more than 27 points in a half, shot 38% (versus BSU's 54.5%) plus went 2-18 on trey attempts and were out-boarded 37-23. No SJSU starter reached double-figures scoring. Call it a butt-kicking, road game or not.

Sat, Feb 8, NCAA D1 scores

Iowa State 82, Texas Christian 52 box. Dischon (St. Patrick-St. Vincent/Washington State/Charlotte) Jackson finished with 14 points and five boards in 21 minutes for ISU.

Kansas State 81, Kansas 73 box. KSU's Coleman (Antelope High/Prolific Prep/Illinois) Hawkins stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, eight assists, five boards and five rejections.

Wake Forest 76, California 66 box. Andrej (Jesuit High) Stojakovic isn't quite himself yet and shooting 36% while allowing WF to finish at 58% makes nabbing a win impossible, even if at home. Nick Kranz/Write For California game report

Idaho 78, Sacramento State 76 box. The Hornets owned an eight-point halftime lead, shot a remarkable 56% overall and Julian (St. Joseph Notre Dame/Chico State/CCSF/U Alberta) Vaughns shot 7-12 overall, 3-5 from long distance, to lead with 19 points. Plus, Idaho could only manage 35% accuracy from the floor but going 32-41 at the charity stripe (versus 9-16) made an enormous difference. So the Vandals grabbed a nice home victory.

Stanford 74, North Carolina State 73 box. Maxime Raynaud deposited a 25 point, 12 rebound double-double on NC State at home and that performance, plus a layup by Ryan Agarwal with eight seconds remaining, powered the Cardinal to the win. The sophomore finished with nine points, eight assists and seven rebounds.

Santa Clara 93, San Diego 70 box. Elijah Mahi exploded for 28 points as Santa Clara cruised to an easy takedown and disposal of San Diego. The West Valley College transfer shot 9-11, 3-3 and 7-10 respectively.

Montana 83, Northern Arizona 80 box. Money (Oakland High) Williams scored 15 points as the Grizz climbed to 17-8 overall this season.

Gonzaga 78, Pacific 61 box. Actually thought the points differential would be much worse here. The Tigers gave it a hearty shot for the hometown fans after a shaky start to finish with a 43-41 Gonzaga second half. Bubble Hawkins IV game report

Northern Colorado 73, Montana State 66 box. In Greeley, guard Quinn (Bellarmine College Prep/West Valley College/Cal State San Marcos/Idaho) Denker shot 6-8, 3-4 and 2-3 to conclude with a team high 17 points on a night when the usual Vandal high scorer Isaiah (Tracy High) Hawthorne scored but a single point. The latter played just 13 minutes due to foul trouble.

UC Davis 65, Cal State Fullerton 49 box. Down in Orange County, the Aggies topped the Titans with guard Ty Johnson totaling 20 points. Fullerton committed 22 turnovers.

San Francisco 72, Loyola Marymount 66 box. It was Backcourt Night once more for the Dons as Marcus Williams totaled 19 points, Malik Thomas 14 and Ryan Beasley provided 18 off the bench.

St. Mary's 63, Oregon State 49 box. Up in Corvallis, the Gaels jumped out to a 30-19 halftime lead and, led by point Augustas Marciulionis and his 18 points, 10 assists, six boards and four steals, maintained a comfortable distance from the Beavers for the remainder.

Washington 76, Northwestern 71 box. Tyler (Granada High/Portland) Harris had 18 points and five rebounds after 40 minutes of play and the Seattle-ites played well once again in downing visiting NW.

Sun, Feb 9, NCAA D1 scores

no reportable games

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Fri Feb 7 CCCMBCA scores

City College San Francisco 84, Skyline College 61

Chabot College 90, Las Positas College 77 CC box. Marcellus (Speights Academy) Edwards led with both 22 points and six assists but did incur nine turnovers. Armani (Salesian Prep) Johnson tallied 21 points and Zion (Salesian Prep) Yeargin totaled 20. Oz (Fremont High-Oakland) Savage earned double-double status with 10 points plus 10 boards and added three rejections.

West Valley College 98, Gavilan College 36 So did WVC not attempt a shot in its last possession or go for it in trying to reach 100 points? Inquiring minds would like to know.

Modesto Junior College 75, San Joaquin Delta College 56

• Malachi (Central Catholic High) Miller 21 points
• Ylon Esso 13 points 8 rebounds
• Amare (Modesto Christian High) Suggs 12 points
• Prince (Modesto Christian High) Oseya 10 points and 10 rebounds

Cañada College 85, DeAnza College 71

Los Medanos College 75, Solano College 53

Mendocino College 85, College of Marin

Contra Costa College 75, Napa Valley College 49

Yuba College 82, Merritt College 58

Hartnell College 87, Monterey Peninsula College 75

Cabrillo College 97, Foothill College 84

Ohlone College 71, College of San Mateo 62

• Amos Hodgson 3 pts, 5 ast, 5 stl
• Gabriel Lopez 9 pts, 9 reb, 3 blk
• Mike Fastion 7 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk
• Omar Babikir 18 pts, 2 ast
• Sam Manzo 14 pts, 2 reb
• Ryan Unkelbach 8 pts, 2 reb

Sierra College 105, Folsom Lake College 73 SC box

Sacramento City College 60, Diablo Valley College 50

Cosumnes River College 71, Santa Rosa Junior College 62

Sat, Feb 8 CCCMBCA scores

College of the Sequoias 97, Lemoore College 91 box. For the victors, Jordan (Hanford High) Haire post a 30 point, 17 rebound double-double and teammate Tyree (Burbank High) Gill scored 21 points.

Columbia College 87, Reedley College 53

Feather River College 59, Lassen College 50

College of the Redwoods 79, College of the Siskiyous 73

Fresno City College 71, Merced College 55

Sun, Feb 9 CCCMBCA scores

no games

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"He’s ‘Mr. Sonoma’ to generations of athletes. After 30 years, the school is cutting his job"

Coach Rich Shayewitz is a Sonoma icon and could likely raise solid funding for the school if the ask came from him. Cutting off your nose in spite...

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"Remembering Hans de Lannoy   The longtime San Ramon Valley coach passed away on Wednesday at 72."

Someone who so positively effected so many deserves, at the very least, another article posted here.

and

"Divine intervention? San Ramon Valley channels Hans de Lannoy beats Monte Vista, claims EBAL outright title"

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Verbal Commits: "2027 Grand Prairie (TX) F Steven McLeod has received an offer from California."

He's 6-foot-8, 185.

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Jake Lieberman: "6’6 prospect Samuel Hincapie out of Lake Land College has heard from St. Mary’s, West Georgia, New Orleans, EIU, Lubbock Christian, among others. In conference, averaging 21.8 points (42.9% 3PT) & 4.6 rebounds."

Thinking this is likely not the Moraga St. Mary's, likely the one in San Antonio, Texas.

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Verbal Commits: "2025 College of the Sequoias (CA) G Davis White has received an offer from Northern Illinois."

A 6-foot-5, 200, sophomore, White is one of likely four D1 transfers on the Sequoias squad.

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Jake Lieberman: "6'2 combo guard Robel (Oakland Tech) Zemmo out of West Valley College is receiving interest from Sac State, Texas A&M Corpus Christ, Delaware & Mercyhurst, I'm told. Stats: 13 PPG on 49% shooting 3PT. Shooting 59% 3PT in conference play."

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Jake Lieberman: "6'6 prospect Davis Crilly out of San Jose City College is receiving interest from Mountain West & Big Sky Conferences. Averaging 12.5 points on 40+% 3PT. Guards multiple positions and is strong on the glass. High IQ player."

Crilly is a 6-foot-6, 220 sophomore out of Wyoming.

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Other scores

Thu CCAA outcomes

Four Wildcats scoring in double figures led by JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy's 19 points but also bolstered by 13 points, seven boards, three assists and two steals from Max (Soquel High) Walters, paced Chico State to a 74-68 homecourt victory over visiting Stanislaus State.

Cal State East Bay bested Sonoma State 80-73 as freshman Jordan (Clovis North High) Espinoza poured in 18 points in 19 minutes for the victors, shooting 6-9, 2-4 and 4-4 respectively. Chris (Jesuit High/Sacramento State/Santa Rosa Junior College) Holley led Sonoma with both 16 points and five assists.

San Francisco State went on the road and topped Cal State San Marcos 88-75 powered in part by 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists from Pearse (Serra High/College of San Mateo) Uniacke.

Also, UC Merced had no trouble downing Pacific Union 86-68 as Cameron (Bishop O'Dowd) Brown posted a 15 point, 10 rebound double-double in Merced's ninth straight victory. Teammate Pawllos (Valley Christian High/College of San Mateo) Habtom scored 15 points and Tiler (Folsom High) Fears tallied 14.

Also, Biola University got the best of host Menlo College 87-72 as former East Bay talent Casey (Las Lomas High/Diablo Valley College) Cappo finished with 22 points and six rebounds for the Southlanders. He shot 11-16 overall.

Also, visiting Simpson University took down Cal Maritime 75-64 despite the latter receiving 17 points from Jamal (Newark Memorial High/Foothill College/Bethany College (Kan) Frenchwood who shot 5-8, 4-6 and 3-3 respectively. He also brought down seven rebounds. For the winners, DaMari (Los Banos High) Tate tallied a team high 16 points.

Sat CCAA outcomes

Chico State handled Cal State Monterey Bay 69-59 with JoJo (Piedmont High) Murphy concluding with 18 points and freshman teammate Cortevious (Granada High) Taylor enjoying 16 points plus nine boards.

Up in Arcata, guard Jeremiah (Salesian Prep) Jones scored 23 points alongside three assists and three steals in aiding the 65-62 defeat of Cal Poly Humboldt.

Also, UC Merced took care of Cal Maritime 80-49, a game in which, really, the first half (38-23) was the second half (42-26). The Bobcats are on a 10-game win streak.

6-foot-3 redshirt sophomore Timothy Parker exploded for 38 points repping Simpson University and each one was needed in a 78-77 defeat of Pacific Union College. D'Montay (Antioch High) Warner tallied 22 points plus nine boards in a losing cause. He added four steals and a trio of assists.

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