Serra and Las Lomas tonight

Christopher Dicioccio has the preview of the Serra High - Las Lomas High matchup.

Branson and Capital Christian meet

Dave Curtis reports on the Branson squad which is going up against Capital Christian tonight.

SPSV and SHP to tangle again

As Thomas Gase reports, it's St. Patrick St. Vincent versus Sacred Heart Prep again.

UC Santa Barbara 64, Cal Poly 52

The Gauchos will now meet Long Beach State tonight for the Big West Conference tournament championship after getting a hard-fought victory over Cal Poly on a night where both teams shot poorly. Orlando Johnson led UCSB with 20 points and James Nunnally contributed 13.

A feature on De'End Parker

De'End Parker left UCLA and is now redshirting at USF -- Taylor Clayton fills readers in on the why behind the move and indicates that Parker should be able to get back on the court beginning next basketball season.

New Mexico five better than UNLV

It was New Mexico taking on UNLV tonight, in Las Vegas no less, as part of the Mountain West Conference tourney and the Lobos took a 72-67 victory. Drew Gordon paved the way with 19 points and 13 rebounds. New Mexico and San Diego State will now battle for the tournament championship tomorrow.

Arizona 72, Oregon State 61

Despite 14 points, four rebounds and three steals from junior Jared Cunningham, Oregon State fell to Arizona in a semifinal pairing tonight as part of the Pac-12 post season tournament.

Chico State 75, Humboldt State 68

It seems like they tangle about every week now and Humboldt State versus Chico State was spotlighted on the marquee again tonight in Bellingham, Washington as the two teams paired up as the #4 and #5 seeds respectively in the NCAA Division II West Region Championships.

It was 28-27 Chico after the initial 20 minutes and the Wildcats added six more points to the lead in the second half. Indicating the closeness of the evenly matched teams, CSU shot 50% overall to Humboldt's 49%.

Jay Flores led the winners with 18 points plus six assists, Amir Carraway and Jordan Semple each totaled 14 points and Jordan Barton scored 11.

For the Lumberjacks, Randy Hunter post a 16/12 double-double and Brandon Sperling went for 15 and nine.

SDSU beats Colorado State

San Diego State proved 10 better than Colorado State, 79-69, in a Mountain West Conference semifinal tournament game tonight. Chase Tapley contributed 17 points, six assists, four assists and a pair of steals for the victors.

Detroit five better than Valparaiso

Detroit topped Valparaiso tonight 63-58 to win the Horizon League tournament championship. Former Richmond High center Eli Holman contributed six points and six boards for the Titans and will be going Big Dancin' in this his senior season.

New Mexico State over Hawaii

22 points and six assists from Wendell McKines helped power New Mexico State University to a 92-81 victory over Hawaii in a semifinal Western Athletic Conference game tonight.

Long Beach tops Irvine

Irvine gave it a battle tonight but fell 68-57 to Long Beach State in a Big West Conference semifinal matchup. The Anteaters led 28-27 at halftime but the The Beach turned it on. In an off-shooting night, Chris McNealy totaled 11 points but added five rebounds and four assists for UCI.

Davis getting competition for Cody McDavis

6-foot-8 Arizona prep frontcourter Cody McDavis now also has offers from Cal St. Northridge and UC Riverside. UC Davis and Northern Colorado have also extended offers. The young man is taking AP courses and owns a 4.0+ grade point average.

Saturday's Final Four

Jeff Davis/Fresno Bee offers a bit of information about Saturday's men's Final Four in the California Community College state championship tourney. The games are at f p.m. and 7 p.m. and feature Fresno City College versus Citrus College plus Yuba College going against Antelope Valley College.

Doug Vierra leaving his coaching position

Doug Vierra is stepping away from his head coaching position at Bishop O'Dowd High and deserves very positive acknowledgements for his fine work with the players and program. Another round of kudos goes out to Lou Richie who is taking over, another classy individual who will keep BOD in the same orbit that Vierra accomplished.

Here's Mitch Stephens.

Here's Curtis Pashelka.