Friday, December 28, 2012

Catching up with the Bay Valley Conference

The Bay Valley Conference is not going to be a concede-it-to-Yuba College rule of thumb in 2012-13 as a number of the members have a real shot at capturing the title this season.

Contra Costa College currently leads with a 7-3 record, followed by Marin College at 7-3, Los Medanos College with a 9-4 record and Yuba College standing 6-6.

Plus, Mendocino College is above .500 at 6-5, Solano stands a surprising 5-6 and Merritt College is playing better of late despite a 3-7 record as the Thunderbird losses are by five points, three points, six points, seven points, seven points again and two points.

Also, Napa Valley College is at 3-7 with College of Alameda 3-4.

The teams above are presented in order of the strongest RPI for the season so far.

As for perennial power Yuba, frosh Chris (Center High) Smith is second on  the youthful 49er squad with 14.4 points each time out as sophomore Achoki Moikobu is on top with 14.9 points.

Contra Costa is led by Davion (Salesian High) Maize's 12.5 points per contest followed by fellow first year player Larry (Vallejo High) Wickett's 12.5.

Marin is being paced by 16.4 points a contest from Joey (Casa Grande High) Rodriguez, who also leads with 33 assists this season. Rodriguez is shooting a remarkable 49% overall, 46% from long distance.

Los Medanos College has an influx of youth with 13 frosh making up the roster. Drew (Antioch High) Cones, Patrick (Mt. Diablo High) Lefiti and Nick (Freedom High) Blount are leading the way.

Also worth noting is that three Merritt freshman are scoring in double figures with Delvon (McClymonds High) Nisby at 10.7 points per contest along with Marcus (Bishop O'Dowd) Green and Christopher (Muhammed University High School) Patterson right behind at 10.7 and 10.3 respectively. Patterson is also nabbing 9.9 rebounds each outing alongside 21 blocked shots in 10 games. Soph Josh (Berkeley High) Amey has passed for 97 assists while fellow second-year player Eric El Cerrito High) Nelson paces the Thunderbirds with 12.4 points per outing.

So do watch how the Bay Valley plays out as conference action soon begins.

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