Playoff basketball in California is starting in many areas, where teams will soon begin the fight to reach the coveted CIF State Championships.
Here are 25 of the top performances from up and down the state from games played on Feb. 10-15.
Note: Entries are based on information provided by coaches, statisticians, media members and high school basketball fans. Don’t see any details for your team’s game? Email some notes and/or stats to mitch@scorebooklive.com and dylangrausz@gmail.com. Among reports attained from: Sacramento Bee, Bay Area News Group and Maxpreps.
Timmy Anderson, a 6-foot point guard for Blair (Pasadena), scored 31 points in a regular-season ending win over Crescenta Valley, keeping his season average to 31.4 points per game.
Alijah Arenas, a junior at Chatworth, combined for 91 points in two games last week, scoring 30 in a 71-44 win over Cleveland on Feb. 10 and 61 in a 115-53 win over Sylmar on Feb. 12. Averaging 31.1 points this season.
David Balogun, a 6-6 senior forward for De La Salle, had 25 points and 12 rebounds in a 74-44 win at Dougherty Valley to decided the East Bay Athletic League title on Saturday. De La Salle is 25-4.
Brandon Benjamin, senior guard/forward at Canyon, combined for 53 points in two games last week, scoring 23 in a 60-55 win over Damien on Feb. 12 and 30 in an 84-70 loss to SBHS on Feb. 14. Averaging 30.1 points this season.
Daniel Bibioff, a senior guard at Kerman, scored 48 points in an 81-59 win over Washington Union on Feb. 12. Prior to that, he scored 53 in a 79-55 win over Hanford West. Averaging 36.8 points in 25 games this season.
Jeremy Bork, a senior guard at Apostles, scored 28 points in a 44-41 win over East Palo Alto Academy on Feb. 11. Averaging 20.4 points this season.
Brayden Burries, a senior guard at Roosevelt, scored 24 points in a 74-57 win over Heritage Christian on Feb. 12. Averaging 29.1 points in 28 games this season.
Romello Bruhn, a junior guard at Woodland Christian, combined for 64 points in two games last week, scoring 36 in a 97-30 win over Rio Vista on Feb. 11 and 28 in an 84-30 win over Mesa Verde on Feb.13. Averaging 31.2 points in 27 games this season.
Semetri Carr, a senior guard at Branson, scored 29 points to lead the Giants to a 67-54 win over his old school Branson to capture the MCAL title on Friday. The Cal-bound star transferred from Branson where he led the Bulls to a pair of league titles so he’s personally won three in a row.
Lucas Chau, a senior for University-San Francisco, had 35 points, six assists and five rebounds in a 68-49 win over San Domenico to decide the Bay Counties League West title on Saturday. It was the 16th league title for University in 18 years.
Jason Crowe Jr., a junior guard at Inglewood, combined for 69 points in two games last week, scoring 40 in an 80-69 win over Westlake on Feb. 12 followed by a 29 point game in a 71-69 loss to Windward on Feb. 14. Averaging 35.3 points this season.
Malachi Ficher, a senior guard at Tulare Western, scored 34 points in an 83-73 loss to Tulare Western on Feb. 11. Averaging 27.4 points this season.
Hudson Giarritta, a senior at Sonoma Valley, scored 15 points in a 74-53 win over Vintage on Feb. 11. Averaging 16.1 points and has the Dragons sitting at 14-14 on the campaign.
Jake Hall, a senior at Carlsbad, went over the 3,000-point career point total after scoring 29 in a 90–59 win over El Camino to lock down the No. 2 Open spot in the San Diego Section playoffs. He’s just the 13th player to break the 3,000-point barrier.
Kellen Hampton, a senior forward at Moreau Catholic, scored 42 points in a 67-22 win over American on Feb. 12. Averaging 18.8 points in 25 games this season. He is signed to play college ball at the University of the Pacific.
Isaiah Johnson, a senior guard at Campbell Hall, scored 43 points in a 79-66 win over Crespi in the second round of the Southern Section Division I playoffs. Crespi was the No. 1 seeded team. Johnson and his team will now advance to the quarterfinals.
Tavid Johnson, a sophomore guard at Francis Parker, scored 24 points in a 64-54 win over La Jolla Country Day. Averaging 27.1 points this season.
Devin Moody, a senior guard/forward at Manual Arts, combined for 63 points in two games last week, scoring 31 in a 54-48 win over Jefferson on Feb. 10 and 32 in a 73-33 win over West Adams on Feb. 12. Averaging 33.6 points this season.
David Rogers, a senior at Redwood Christian, combined for 82 points in three games last week, scoring 30 in a 79-39 win over California School for the Deaf on Feb. 11, 28 in a 91-44 win over Crosspoint on Feb. 13 and 24 in a 60-55 win over Making Waves on Feb. 15. Averaging 26.8 points this season.
Jovani Ruff, a senior guard at Long Beach Poly, scored 24 points in a 58-56 loss to Los Alamitos in the second round of the Division I Southern Section playoffs. Ruff is committed to play college ball at Cal.
Shalen Sheppard, a freshman wing at Brentwood, scored 25 points in an 81-56 Southern Section playoff win over San Clemente.
JD Wyatt, a senior guard at Poly, combined for 86 points in three games last week, scoring 28 in a 91-64 win over North Hollywood, 26 in a 79-46 over Grant and 32 in a 77-48 win over Verdugo Hills. Averaging 28.3 points this season.
Jayden Xu, senior guard/forward at Crespi, scored 24 points in a Division 1 Southern Section playoff win over Edison (90-54). Averaged 7.6 points this season.
Lincoln Zetmeir, a senior guard at Valley Center, combined for 82 points in three games last week, scoring 24 in a 91-58 loss to Fallbrook on Feb. 11, 16 in a 45-39 win over San Pasqual on Feb. 13 and 42 in an 86-60 loss to Bishop’s on Feb. 14. Averaging 30.2 points this season.
Luke Zuffelato, a senior guard at Santa Barbara, scored 38 points in a second round Southern Section Division I playoff win over Canyon-Anaheim (84-70). Averaging 24.9 points this season.