August 2010 Archives

Current and former UCLA men's basketball players will participate in the "Hoop-A-Thon" in Pauley Pavilion from 6 to 10 o'clock tonight.

With UCLA Coach Ben Howland and his wife, Kim, serving as honorary hosts, the players and donors will shoot free throws with proceeds benefit the Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence at UCLA, Huntington's disease support, patient care and ongoing research efforts. Huntington's is an inherited and fatal degenerative disease for which there is no cure.

Among the UCLA alumni scheduled to take part tonight are current NBA players Arron Afflalo, Trevor Ariza, Darren Collison, Jordan Farmar, Jrue Holiday, Ryan Hollins and Luc RIchard Mbah a Moute.

Among other former players set to participate are Tyus Edney (now on the Bruins' coaching staff), Ed O'Bannon, Don MacLean and Tracy Murray.

Here is the latest Scout.com Top 100 California football players for the class of 2011.

There is plenty area representation!

http://recruiting.scout.com/3/2011_California.html

The Long Beach State men's basketball program got its second commitment from the prep class of 2011 today.

Shaquille Hunter, a 6-foot-2 guard who will be a senior at Villa Park High next month, told the Press-Telegram this afternoon that he committed to Coach Dan Monson's program this morning.

He averaged 21 points per game as a junior for Coach Kevin Reynolds' Spartans.

He joins Corona Centennial point guard Michael Caffey (who committed a couple of weeks ago) as seniors-to-be who say they will sign national letters of intent with the 49ers in November.

Look for more details in Saturday's Press-Telegram.

LONG BEACH - The first-ever So Cal Clash - pitting a team of some of the best Southern California boys' basketball players from the high school class of 2011 against its counterpart from the class of 2012 - will be played Sunday at 1:30 in the afternoon at the HAX in Hawthorne.

Among those scheduled to play for the team with seniors-to-be are 6-foot-4 Byron Wesley of Etiwanda (who has committed to USC) and 6-3 Norman Powell of San Diego Lincoln, which won the Division II State championship last March.

Among the juniors-to-be set to participate are 6-6 Anthony January and 6-4 Victor Robbins of Compton, 6-4 Katin Reinhardt of Mater Dei and 6-2 Gabe York of Orange Lutheran.

Michael Caffey, a 5-foot-11 point guard who will be a senior at Centennial High in Corona, committed to the Long Beach State basketball program Sunday night.

Caffey averaged 12.6 points and 7.3 assists per game as a junior for the Huskies, who finished 25-5 after a loss to Etiwanda in the quarterfinals CIF Southern Section IAA playoffs.

High school and community college players can't sign binding national letters of intent until November.