Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-7 prep forward Andre Harris has not played for his Hillcrest Prep program since before the Hoop Hall West event in Arizona earlier this month, and so this weekend Harris decided to pull the trigger on his college recruitment – giving a verbal pledge to a program in the Atlantic-10 Conference. Harris’s decision came as a surprise in December, after it was thought that he would wait until the spring to make his college decision. Harris gave a call to Duquesne University assistant coach Charles Thomas on Sunday evening, and gave his commitment to the program. Thomas had…
Author: Anthony Ray
Eastern Arizona’s sophomore forward Nathaniel Pollard, Jr., has been selected as the ACCAC Player of the Week for Division-I and Scottsdale’s sophomore guard Boogie Anderson has received the same honor for the Division-II programs in the ACCAC for conference play during the week of Dec. 9-15. Pollard scored 18 points in a win over Glendale JC – converting 8 of 14 shots from the floor. The award was his third Player of the Week honor of the year. Anderson averaged 18 points per/game in wins over Phoenix College and Planet Athlete Post Grads last week – converting an impressive 17…
With the holiday break upon us in the ACCAC, (3) different junior college programs are currently tied for the lead in the conference, as the new 2020 year will begin in January with 5-1 league records – Scottsdale, Mesa and Arizona Western Junior College. Scottsdale JC (12-1, 5-1) heads the group as the program, led by Head Coach Mark Bunker, has posted an impressive 12-1 overall record this season, following wins over Phoenix College (91-73), and also Planet Athlete Post Grads (105-69). In the win over Phoenix College, 6-foot-5 sophomore Xavier Fuller (pictured), tied for the ACCAC conference scoring lead,…
The mere thought of one of the nation’s elite level talents joining an already absolutely loaded lineup at Hillcrest Prep is scary, as 7-foot, 235-pound senior Makur Maker has decided to leave his current program, CIBA at Pacific Academy (CA), and immediately has joined Hillcrest Prep Academy. As a result, Maker left his current high school program during the middle of their competition in the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas, and will pick up the remainder of his senior season with Hillcrest. Maker will immediately join Hillcrest Prep in the Chick-Fil-a Classic this week in South Carolina. Maker, who has…
Mesquite High School’s very skilled and talented 6-foot-2, 160-pound sophomore guard Nathan Calmese is a slick guard prospect that college programs are already taking a hard look at. Calmese is an elite point guard prospect in Arizona’s 2022 Class, and he has his Mesquite team off to a good start this high school season. Mesquite (5-5) was coming off a big 77-75 win over 4A defending state champion Shadow Mountain HS on Friday evening, when they faced St. Mary’s HS on the road Monday evening. After an early, double-digit lead of the Knights in the first half, behind the strong…
Scottsdale Junior College has been off to an excellent start this season behind the leadership of hard-working Head Coach Mark Bunker, who has his program at the highest level it has been since he took over the program in 2015. Scottsdale (9-1, 4-1) is currently in first place in the ACCAC behind the play of a talented group of sophomore prospects. A major reason for the trmendous success of the Artichoke’s program this season has been the overall play of 6-foot-5 sophomore guard Xavier Fuller, who has absolutely been on fire this junior college season. The younger brother of former…
Arizona Western’s talented 6-foot-3 sophomore point guard Cash Williams, a native of Fresno, California’s Central High School (CA), is the ACCAC Division-I Player of the Week for play throughout December 2-8. There were no Division-II nominations for the week. Williams averaged 19.5 points in two wins last week, converting 6 of 12 three-pointers as the Matadors defeated Cochise and Mesa Junior College. He also added a total of 10 assists, 8 rebounds and 5 steals, as AWC improved their overall record to 10-2 on the season.
Arizona Western JC (10-2, 4-0) squeezed out a win over Mesa Saturday to remain unbeaten in ACCAC men’s basketball action and took sole possession of first place. Arizona Western’s Gio Nelson hit a pair of free throws with :18 seconds remaining to put the Matadors on top, 76-75, against Mesa JC. MCC’s Amauray Matthews’ late attempt missed as the buzzer sounded – making Arizona Western the only undefeated program in conference play at 4-0. Daniel Kiely led Arizona Western 20 points, while sophomore guard Cash Williams added 18 and Nelson 15. Sophomore Rajhan Billingsley finished with a career high 28…
The exciting Hoop Hall West event absolutely took over the state of Arizona’s basketball action this week at Scottsdale’s Chaparral High School, as the event took tournament basketball to another level. Comprised of some of the top basketball programs and players in the country, Saturday’s action at the event was fierce and featured some big-time match-ups. As a result, Saturday’s Session II of the day’s event schedule was reported to be sold out out since Tuesday, as the fans showed up in the ticket sales for an opportunity to catch the son of NBA superstar Lebron James in action, Bronny…
It was the featured game of this week’s exciting Hoop Hall West event @ Chaparral High School, as #3 ranked Hillcrest Prep (By USA Today) faced #5 ranked Prolific Prep (CA). Televised nationally on ESPN 2, the game’s atmosphere was electric as loads of national media flooded the score table in an attempt to gain an excellent view of the action on Thursday night. Unfortunately for Hillcrest and the many media, scouts and fans in attendance, the game would get out of hand early behind an onslaught by the nation’s top overall senior prospect Jalen Green. Green is a definite…