A roundup of American College news from the last week highlights a number of outstanding individual performances from former Harbour representatives.

NCAA Division I

in her 98^th appearance for St Mary’s College Tayla Dalton posted a season high 19 points, and a team leading 6 assists, as St Mary’s fell 74-69 at Pac-12 opponents California Berkeley.

Florence Dallow and Emme Shearer both made double digit contributions as Portland dunked the Oregon Ducks 91-60 – the biggest win against Pac12 opponents by Portland. Flo came off the bench to slot home a perfect 4 from 4 for 10 points in just 7 minutes while Emme tallied 11 points.

Emme followed that with 16 points and 5 steals – all in the second half - in Portland’s 73-64 come from behind win against Montana State.

NCAA Division II

Missouri Western State made it six wins on the bounce with an 85-75 victory over Pittsburg State with Kiani Saxon scoring a season high 15 points to go with 4 rebounds and a couple of blocks.

Sean Murphy was a rebound shy of a double-double as Nebraska Kearney narrowly defeated Northeastern State 85-82. Sean added 15 points, at an efficient 7 from 9 shooting, to add to his 9 rebounds.

Jess Moors had 8 points and 6 rebounds as Nova Southeastern opened conference play with a 64-51 defeat of Barry University.

Tessa Talo-Tomokino pulled down a team high 7 rebounds and added 9 points as Northeastern State edged a fast finishing Nebraska Kearney 74-71.

NAIA

Rashaan Smith was equal top scorer, with a dozen points, as Oklahoma Wesleyan downed Southwestern 70-66.

Junior College

Boston Caldwell top scored for Central Maine with 19 points and Rocco Chang added 4 points as the Mustangs recorded a 107-52 runaway win against Paul Smith’s College.

Jaelah Clayton scored 10 points as Mineral Area College thumped John A. Logan College 97-49.

Zaaliyah Kailahi-Fulu had 11 points as Chipola College improved to 10-1 with a 70-58 success against Florida Southwestern State.

Qaizden Stephano added 8 points to a massive haul of 15 rebounds – her fourth double digit rebounding tally of the season - as Gillette College succumbed to Northeastern with an 82-60 loss.

Congratulations to former Harbour and Westlake Boy’s High standout James Moors who has signed for the Manawatu Jets for his first season in the Sal’s NBL in 2024.

James graduated from Colorado State University earlier in the year after making 92 appearances for the Rams. Those 92 games ranks him 20^th on the list of Men’s NCAA Division 1 games played by a Kiwi. He is currently playing for Dutch club LWD Basket Leeuwarden.

A rather more experienced professional, Rob Loe, has announced that he will be returning to Auckland Tuatara for a third Sal’s NBL season in 2024. Rob of course is another ex-Westlake and Harbour representative.