Saturday, January 2, 2016
Redwoods 101, Cañada 66
Diover Duario/Times-Standard game reports the College of the Redwoods victory over Cañada College from last Wednesday. Freshman Will Ingersoll led the Corsairs with 24 points and Justin Claus enjoyed 17, including 5-5 from long distance.
From Wednesday: UC Santa Cruz 67, Redlands 66
In their last game, UC Santa Cruz defeated University of La Verne 70-65 yesterday in La Verne while the University of Redlands lost 80-60 to Lewis and Clark College on December 22nd in Portland.
In the first half, the two teams would play an incredibly close game. The Bulldogs would gain their largest lead of the ballgame at two, at 2-0, on a Kyle Husslein layup with 18:56 left in the half. The Banana Slugs would expand their lead to four on two occasions; the second occasion coming at 8-4 on a Sam Gabbard jumper with 17:01 left in the half. The two teams would trade the lead back and forth for the majority of the half. The Banana Slugs would gain the lead for good, at 28-27, on a pair of Gabbard free throws with 6:15 left in the half. The Banana Slugs would gain their largest lead of the ballgame at six, at 38-32, on a Jared Ponce free throw with 1:04 left in the half. The Banana Slugs led 38-34 at halftime.
For the second consecutive game, the Banana Slugs would play a tightly matched second half. The Bulldogs would tie the game at 42-42 on a Reed Hopkins jumper with sixteen minutes left. The Banana Slugs would then go on a 7-1 run, capped by a Will Crain jumper with 13:29 left in the half, to gain a 49-43 lead. The Bulldogs would come as close as one on two occasions; the second occasion coming at 59-58 on a Joey Sponheim jumper with 5:10 left. The Banana Slugs' lead would again swell to five, at 65-60, on a pair of Matthew Ponce free throws with thirty seven seconds left. The Bulldogs would cut the Banana Slugs' lead to one, at 67-66, on a Husslein layup with three seconds left. The Banana Slugs would hold the ball on their final possession as they won 67-66. The win was the Banana Slugs' second in a row.
Gabbard had a double double with a game high sixteen points and twelve rebounds for the Banana Slugs. Husslein had fifteen points for the Bulldogs. Crain had ten points and Jared Ponce had nine points in the win. Sean Milligan had thirteen and Hopkins had twelve, off the bench, for the Bulldogs.
The Banana Slugs shot 47.1% (24-51) from the field, 22.2% (4-18) from the three-point line and was 68.2% (15-22) from the free throw line. The Bulldogs shot 39.7% (23-58) from the field, 21.1% (4-19) from the three-point line and 64% (16-25) from the foul line. UC Santa Cruz's defense forced nine turnovers by the Bulldogs scoring eleven points off the turnovers while the Bulldogs' defense forced fourteen turnovers by UC Santa Cruz scoring eighteen points off the turnovers. University of Redlands outrebounded UC Santa Cruz 37-36 while the Banana Slugs had six more points in the paint (34-28) than did the Bulldogs.
The next game for the Banana Slugs will be Saturday as they take on Rhodes College in Memphis. The game will be a part of the Rhodes New Year Classic. Tipoff is set for 1 pm."
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The top talents in the East Bay
"East Bay boys basketball players to watch" from the Bay Area News Group. A couple of new (to me) names appear.
Checking out Moreau Catholic
Phil Jensen profiles this season's Moreau Catholic High squad which is primed to go the distance comes March.
MCH 88, Long Beach Poly 48
Joe Cortez covers Modesto Christian High defeating Long Beach Poly 88-48 on Wednesday to win the championship of their own Holiday Hoop Classic. Crusader center Robinson Idehen was honored as the Most Valuable Player.
MA over Berkeley
Darren Sabedra covers the Wednesday 58-54 win for Menlo-Atherton High over Berkeley.
Monta Vista tourney honorees
From SJMN Preps: "BOYS BASKETBALL (Monta Vista Holiday Tournament): MVP - Jace Wickliffe (Wilcox). All-tournament team: Ryan Granzella (Monta Vista)...
All-tournament team (cont.): Navan Somadona (Aragon); Nolan Brennan (Los Altos); Jake Burress (Fremont)...
All-tournament team (cont.): Christian Fitzpatrick (Wilcox)"
Wilcox won the tournament. It will be fascinating to see where the 6-foot-5 Wickliffe lands.
All-tournament team (cont.): Navan Somadona (Aragon); Nolan Brennan (Los Altos); Jake Burress (Fremont)...
All-tournament team (cont.): Christian Fitzpatrick (Wilcox)"
Wilcox won the tournament. It will be fascinating to see where the 6-foot-5 Wickliffe lands.
From Thursday: St. Mary's 85, BYU 74
Up in Moraga on Thursday, St. Mary's was 'en fuego' in shooting 56%, 42% and 83% as a team in taking care of BYU 85-74. Sophomore Calvin Hermanson led the way with 5-7 shooting from long distance resulting in his team-best total of 21 points.
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From Thursday: Pacific 77, San Diego 75
It was Ray Bowles' late scoring that made the difference near the end as host Pacific edged San Diego 77-75. The sophomore finished with 19 points while teammate T.J. Wallace contributed 15.
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New Year's Eve: Jacksonville 74, Bethune-Cookman 70
Kori Babineaux's team-leading 20 points helped power host Jacksonville over Bethune-Cookman 74-70 on Thursday. He added five rebounds and five assists to his line for the day.
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New Year's Eve: USF 107, Portland 95
In San Francisco on Thursday, the Dons downed Portland 107-95 in a matchup whose outcome could have been written as a "Tale of Two Halves" by Charles Dickens had he been a basketball fan. That's because the Pilots led 62-51 after the first minutes (who knew these teams had that in them?) only to be overcome by a 56-33 second session owned by Coach Rex Walters' guys.
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New Year's Eve: Chico St. 73, CSLA 55
On New Year's Eve, Chico State hosted and beat Cal State Los Angeles 73-55. Corey Silverstrom led with 18 points, center Tanner Giddings totaled 15 plus eight boards and Robert Duncan just missed a double-double via 10 points and nine rebounds.
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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