Pacific handles Davis

Pacific took down UC Davis 74-64 in the Bicycle Capital of the Country last night. Former Santa Rosa JC guard Sama Taku went for 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals for the Tigers while sophomore forward JT Adenrele totaled 14 points plus seven boards for the hosts.

Jagdip Dhillon game reports.

Press for Sama Taku

Bob Highfill profiles the life and this season's happenings of former Santa Rosa JC backcourter Sama Taku, now a junior at Pacific.

Pacific over the Gaels

Pacific surprised St. Mary's 76-66 last night in Anaheim as a pair of former Santa Rosa Junior College backcourters paced the effort. Lorenzo McCloud led the Tigers with 18 points, plus three assists while Sama Taku posted 11 points and a team-leading six rebounds.

Brad Waldow had eight points and five boards for the Gaels.

Pacific over Xavier

Pacific took down Xavier last night in Anaheim with former Consumnes River College frontcourter Tony Gill scoring 10 points on 5-6 shooting and former Santa Rosa Junior College guard Sama Taku adding eight points plus five boards for the Tigers.

Watch for Taku

Santa Rosa Junior College transfer Sama Taku has made an early impression on Pacific Coach Bob Thomason as Jagdip Dhillon writes. Tony (Consumnes River College) Gill too.

Look for Taku to be the leading scorer for the Tigers.

Bob Thomason on the Tigers' time in France

Jagdip Dhillon quotes Pacific Coach Bob Thomason on the Tigers trip to France, with former Santa Rosa Junior College guard Sama Taku and frontcourter Tony Gill, ex-of Consumnes River College, coming in for praise.

CBSSports/Matt Norlander has also posted a review of Pacific's sojourn

Taku a Tiger

Pacific has made the letter-of-intent signing of Santa Rosa Junior College guard Sama Taku official.

Sama Taku to Pacific

Santa Rosa Junior College guard Sama Taku is indeed going to become a Pacific Tiger when he signs a national letter-of-intent next week.

The 6-foot-1 sophomore earned First-Team All-State honors as well as being named the Most Valuable Player in the Big Eight Conference based on his 18 points per game and 47%, 39% and 84% shooting respectively. He went to the foul line 147 times this past season.

By a wide margin, he led the Bear Cubs in assists with 107 (versus 29 turnovers), in rebounds with 160 in 31 games and was second on the team in steals with 29.

Santa Rosa went 26-6 this season, finishing first with a 14-1 record in conference play.

Out of the Arizona prep ranks, Taku came to the Bear Cubs because his coach there thought he was overlooked and wanted to find a good fit for him. This according to Craig McMillan, the Santa Rosa head coach and former backcourter at Arizona.

McMillan described his player as "kind of a combo guard and a good one-on-one scorer."

McMillan also said Taku just turned 19 and is still physically developing.

Congratulation to Taku for his earning a paid education at the next level.

Santa Rosa three better than Diablo Valley

This one had to be a must-see:

Santa Rosa 67, Diablo Valley 64

Santa Rosa Junior College

Sama Taku 12 6-6 32

Max Fujii 4 2-2 13 (three treys)

Diablo Valley College

Ronnie Baker 8 0-0 23 (seven treys)
Brian Goins 7 4-5 19