Eastern Arizona Junior College (10-1) has been off to a terrfic start this junior college season, in non-conference play and also ACCAC Conference play. While not big in size this year, this year’s Eastern team is quick and skilled and, as a result, has won (3) games in a row this season and has the best overall record among ACCAC teams in the conference. On Wednesday evening, Eastern traveled to South Mountain Junior College to face the Cougars in an ACCAC match-up. The game turned out to be not much of a contest, as South Mountain would get down to…
Author: Anthony Ray
This week’s ACCAC Players of the Week honors go to Eastern Arizona JC’s 6-foot-6 sophomore forward Nathaniel Pollard Jr. for Division-I programs, while Scottsdale JC’s 6-foot-5 sophomore Xavier Fuller wins the honor again for Division-II programs. Nathaniel Pollard had another big game for himself in a 73-58 win over Chandler-Gilbert. Pollard scored 26 points and 12 rebounds in the win. Pollard has been selected as the ACCAC POW twice this season. Scottsdale’s Xavier Fuller (pictured) earned the honor for the third time in (4) weeks. Fuller had (2) games in which he averaged 25 points – scoring a game-high 26…
(3) different junior college programs remain undefeated in conference play in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), as Glendale Junior College and Mesa JC are both 3-0, and Arizona Western JC is 2-0 in conference play. Glendale and Mesa JC will face each other on Wednesday (12/4) at GCC. Glendale JC (7-2), led by the veteran leadership of first-year Head Coach Ken Carrillo has been on fire – scoring 100+ points in (4) different games this season. The Gauchos achieved their fourth 100-point-plus game in a 113-92 win at Tohono O’odham JC (3-6). Glendale’s 5-foot-7 sophomore guard Joshuwan Johnson…
The exciting annual Hoop Hall West event returns to the state of Arizona this week, December 4th – 7th @ Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. This event will feature many top-rated national high school programs and loads of top-rated players, once again, and will feature numerous epic match-ups throughout the week. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in full force to bring you this week’s action and complete coverage of the top performing teams and players from the event. The event will feature a match-up on Thursday between two of the top (5) teams in the country, as #3…
St. Mary’s High School has been known for their basketball program in the state of Arizona for many years, as the school has had one of the most historic programs in the state – producing such high quality NBA veterans as Jerryd Bayless and Channing Frye. While the program has had an historic past, the program lost it’s luster over the years, as enrollment decreased and the program saw a shortage of serious basketball talent at the school. As a result, the school would take on a much different look from year’s past, when it produced loads of college talent.…
Desert Vista High School (4-0) is a definite favorite to win this year’s 6A State Title, and they proved just how good this year’s group is, as they dismantled each of their opponents this week en route to winning this year’s Fear The Hop Tournament. An annual pre-season tournament held at Mesa High School, Desert Vista capped off an excellent week of performances with a big 83-56 championship victory over host Mesa High School (3-1) on Saturday evening. Head Coach Gino Crump and his experienced staff are not taking any chances this season, as they have worked hard to prepare…
Local Scottsdale-based trainer BJ Letcher is well known in the state of Arizona amongst basketball enthusiasts for being one of the best overall trainers and developers of talent in the state. Over the past (17) years, Letcher has become a household name in Scottsdale, Arizona, in basketball circles, as he has worked to develop hundreds of players, while managing his own facility – 360 Hoops. A former college and professional player, Letcher moved to the state of Arizona after his playing career concluded in 2003, and, since moving to the state, has built an excellent training option for Arizona prospects,…
Arizona Western’s 6-foot-6 freshman forward Jalen Townsell and 6-foot-5 sophomore Xavier Fuller, of Scottsdale, have been selected as the ACCAC Players of the Week for Division-I and Division-II respectively. Townsell averaged 18 points two Arizona Western JC wins over Central Arizona and Tohono O’odham. The freshman from Reno, Nevada, also contributed 6 rebounds per contest, and converted 6-for-13 three-pointers. Fuller had a huge week with a 29.5 point per/game scoring average in two games, which included a 37-point outburst against Cochise. He also added 12.5 rebounds per game.
The first week of ACCAC action is in the books, and three teams have began conference play with 2-0 records. Arizona Western, Mesa and Glendale Junior College have each won their openers. Arizona Western had victories over Central Arizona JC and also Tohono O’odham to start conference play in the ACCAC. AWC defeated Central Arizona, 79-74, and also Tohono, 86-59. In the Central Arizona win, Arizona Western got 20 points each from freshman forward Jalen Townsell and Daniel Kiely, while the Vaqueros also had two with atleast 20 points, Shakiel Bertrand with 24 points and J.C. Canahuate with 20. Townsell…
The Arizona high school basketball season got underway on Monday afternoon across the state with numerous Thanksgiving pre-season events kicking off. The Hoopsgiving Tournament at Sunnyslope High School is always a fun event and has grown over the years. I was able to catch some of the action at Sunnyslope on Monday, as a talented Sunnyslope (1-0) team kicked off their season at home with a big 71-34 win over Greenway HS (0-1). Sunnyslope would utilize a big second half to blow the game wide open against Greenway, as they would go on a 20-6 run with 18-straight points in…