ALUMNI UPDATE
Kat Tudor
High school: St. Mary’s
Sport: Basketball
College: Oregon State
Tudor, a senior guard, had 9 points and 3 rebounds in a 75-46 win over Utah State, 9 points and 5 rebounds in a 91-57 win over Northern Arizona, and reeled off 15 points and 2 boards in a 91-57 win over Northern Arizona. The Beavers (11-0) received 4 first-place votes in the latest Associated Press poll, and moved up to No. 4 in the country — the highest in the program’s history.
Monica Valenzuela
High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Holy Names
Valenzuela, a junior guard, had a point and a rebound in an 87-34 loss to No. 20 Hawaii Pacific, 5 points and 3 boards in a 69-55 loss to Chaminade, 2 points and 2 rebounds in a 95-37 loss to No. 17 Azusa Pacific, and 12 points, 3 boards and a pair of assists in a 9857 loss to Concordia.
Briley Jordet
High school: Galt
Sport: Basketball
College: Cosumnes River
Jordet, a freshman guard, had 5 points and 4 rebounds in a 67-48 loss to Solano in the Solano Showdown on Dec. 14, 2 points, 9 boards, 4 steals and 3 assists in a 74-50 win over Los Medanos the next day, and 2 points in a 102-45 loss to Sierra on Dec. 19.
Veronica Alejandrez
High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Cosumnes River
Alejandrez, a freshman forward, had 6 points and 5 rebounds in an 82-53 loss to Chabot on Dec. 13 at the Solano Showdown, 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals against Solano, 6 points and 8 boards against Los Medano and 2 points, 4 rebounds and a pair of steals against Sierra.
Evan Madill
High school: St. Mary’s
Sport: Basketball
College: Cal Maritime
Madill, a senior guard, had 7 points in a 7573 win over Saint Katherine University on Dec. 19.
Anthony Lewis
High school: Lodi
Sport: Basketball
College: Fisher College (Mass.)
Lewis, a senior guard, had 4 points and 12 rebounds in an 81-76 loss to Thomas (Maine) on Dec. 15.
Jalen Valverde
High school: Elliot
Sport: Basketball
College: Mayville State (N.D.)
Valverde, a junior guard, had 7 points in a 9660 loss to South Dakota, then had 17 points, 2 boards and 2 assists in a 77-76 win over Maine-Fort Kent.
Onkar Sidhu
High school: Elliot
Sport: Basketball
College: Delta
Sidhu, a sophomore forward, had 15 points, 6 boards and 2 assists in an 82-74 win over Merced at the San Joaquin Delta Tournament on Dec. 13, 4 points, 6 rebounds and a pair of assists in a 102-63 loss to San Francisco on Dec. 15, and 11 points and 6 boards in an 8481 loss to Modesto on Dec. 18.
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