Out of Arizona, 6-foot-2 point Eric Blackwell III has given a verbal to Cal State East Bay.
Eric Blackwell: “I’ve given it much thought and I’m extremely excited and honored to say that I’m 100% COMMITTED to continue my academic and athletic careers at California State University at East Bay”
Josh Calbert: “Dublin 20’ Anthony Roy Dublin (High) will be visiting San Diego tomorrow. Athletic scoring guard best basketball in front of him!”
Scores and Highlights
Sunday
Richmond fell 90-78 to Alabama but Jake (Bellarmine Prep) Wojcik tallied 17 points on 5-5, 4-4,3-4 shooting, plus five rebounds, for the Spiders.
Jabari (Sacramento High) Sweet’s 20 point and 12 rebound double-double aided Chabot College’s 89-87 edging to Moorpark College. Teammate Izayah (Sacramento High) Talmadge scored but seven points but added 10 boards plus eight assists.
Decaurey (Newark Memorial High) Brown provided 33 points and seven rebouns in the San Jose City College 87-85 loss to Cuesta College. He shot 12-18 overall, 6-11 from three-point range.
Saturday
Behind a 23 point, 10 rebound Arinze (Bishop O’Dowd) Chidom double-double (shooting 9-13 overall, 5-5 from long distance), UC Riverside sent Fresno State down to defeat 60-57.
Montana bested Northern Arizona 79-72 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Sayeed (El Cerrito High) Pridgett. Luke (Vista Del Lago High) Avdalovic contributed 13 points to the NAU cause. The latter is a redshirt sophomore who is averaging 11.9 points per game while shooting 51%, 51% and 73%.
Host Montana State took down Sacramento State 66-51 despite the Hornets receiving 18 points, seven boards and four blocked shots from Joshua (Sierra High) Patton.
Cuesta College edged Chabot College 83-78 but Tim (James Logan High) Oldham tallied 21 points and Kyle (Dublin High) Brown 19 for the Hayward-ites.
Mike Ray: “Max Petrenko of Placer High scored 93 points in three 2019 Arnett Tournament games to become 2nd all-time scorer for one tournament.”
The 6-foot-6 Petrenko was named tounrey MVP.
Friday
Ohlone College fell 103-81 to Los Angeles Trade Tech but 6-foot-4 sophomore guard Aidan Graham shined for the former with 29 points, six assists and five rebounds. He shot 13-18, 2-4 and 1-1 respectively
661 Hoops Live: “2021 6’1 PG Donjae Lindsey (Weston Ranch) put down 1 of the Top Performances of MC_basketball Holiday Hoops Classic lighting it up w 38pts n W over Clovis East 2 make Semis! Lindsey was on the attack, showing crafty handles, shifty moves & Elite finishes at the rim! Clutch FTs”
“St. Mary’s loses Matthias Tass for season with torn ACL in right knee” SF Chronicle
“Breakout season for Bouyea” John Devine
Aaron Gordon chosen as top Bay Area prep talent of the decade.
“Prep2Prep CCS Rankings THROUGH WEEK 6” Ethan Kassel
“DHS hoops: Win streak hits double digits as Devil boys down Clayton Valley” Owen Yancher
Jemele Hill: “And this is reason no 1 million why Kaepernick’s workout was a sham and a disgrace. Teams that are really interested do this. Also, AB will get endless chances because his behavior is seen as correctable. Kaep never got a chance because they can’t change the way he thinks.
Adam Schefter: “Free-agent WR Antonio Brown is in New Orleans this morning, working out for the Saints, per source. Saints are doing their due diligence.”
The NFL approves some teams continuing to lose versus signing Kaepernick. Sure you want to buy season tickets for those squads?