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Arizona’s basketball future was showcased Wednesday night when Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei wing player Stanley Johnson went against Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco combo guard Tyler Dorsey.
Johnson’s top-ranked team was tested by St. John Bosco on its home court, trailing by seven points at halftime. But the Monarchs forced 12 turnovers in the second half and won 71-62.
Johnson, a Class of 2014 five-star Arizona recruit, had 21 points and M.J. Cage added 17 points and 14 rebounds. Daniel Hamilton led St. John Bosco with 22 points and Dorsey, a Class of 2015 five-star recruit who committed to Arizona last week, had 20. Note: The video above is when Johnson and Dorsey were teammates of an AAU team last summer.
“I thought we competed and made big strides tonight,” St. John Bosco Coach Derrick Taylor told the Los Angeles Times. “They’re just real good.”
St. John Bosco is 11-6 and Mater Dei improved to 17-0. Entering the game, Dorsey led St. John Bosco with 20.5 points a game while Johnson topped Mater Dei with 26.2. Johnson also led the Monarchs with 2.8 steals per game.
Mater Dei plays at Anaheim (Calif.) Servite Friday before traveling to the Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass., where it will play against Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti on Monday. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU at 2:30 p.m. Tucson time.
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Arizona fans are going to head to Mater Dei tonight to see the clash of future Wildcats: Stanley Johnson vs. Tyler Dorsey. They can't lose.
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) January 15, 2014
Ready to play my boy @StanMan_41 tonight #BearDown matchup turn up time
— Tyler Dorsey (@TDORSEY_1) January 15, 2014
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Hutchinson (Kan.) Junior College guard Kadeem Allen has an incredible 217 free-throw attempts through 18 games
Henderson (Nev.) Findlay Prep forward Craig Victor, a Class of 2014 signee for Sean Miller, will also participate in the Hoophall Classic. Findlay plays High Point (N.C.) Wesleyan Christian Academy at 8:30 a.m. on Monday. Before traveling to Sprinfield for that game, Findlay first plays Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne High School Friday night in the Flyin’ to the Hoop event at Dayton, Ohio.
Victor is averaging 12.6 points and 8.1 rebounds a game for Findlay, which is 20-3.
Class of 2014 point guard recruit Parker Jackson-Cartwright is with No. 2-ranked Los Angeles Loyola (14-1). Jackson-Cartwright averages 12.6 points, 4 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 3.3 steals per game.
Loyola, which lost its first game of the season last Friday against West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade plays Friday night against La Canada (Calif.) St. Francis.
Another Class of 2014 recruit, Hutchinson (Kansas) Junior College shooting guard Kadeem Allen led his team with 22 points in the Dragons’ 82-77 victory Wednesday night over Garden City (Kansas) Junior College.
Allen has 1,085 points for his career. He is 17 points away from moving into the career Top 10 for Hutchinson, which has one of the top junior-college programs nationally.
He leads the Blue Dragons with 28.2 points per game. Incredibly, Allen has attempted 217 free throws, making 165 for 76 percent. The next highest attempts is 93 by sophomore forward Tafari Whittingham.
Hutchinson’s next game is Saturday night at Seward County in Liberal, Kansas.
Kadeem Allen needs 38 points to move into the Blue Dragon career top 10 scoring list. He will be tied with Brandon "Pooh" Gary (2002-04)
— Blue Dragon Sports (@bluedragonsport) January 16, 2014
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He may not get as many headlines, but Stanley Johnson is every bit as good as his peers: http://t.co/CGnLut4PkJ pic.twitter.com/jX46crmuJi
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) January 15, 2014
Coach Miller Aka The God Father when it's all said and done will go dwn as one of the best to do it hands dwn. He can flat out coach!!
— Craig Victor Jr. (@_CJ_24) January 10, 2014
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HIGH SCHOOL STATS LISTED IN THIS BLOG WERE REFERENCED FROM MAXPREPS.COM.
WILDABOUTAZCATS.net publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report, Lindy’s College Sports and TucsonCitizen.com.
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