Helen Bassi is a typical high school sports fan in many ways. She supports the Merced Bears wholeheartedly, but watches one player on the court in particular. Bassi is surrounded by her family, and ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the first time in program history, the UC Merced men's basketball team is heading to the NAIA National Tournament. "I mean, very few people can say they competed at a ...

Steverson became first Merced player to top 1,000 points since Lexi Thompson in 2015, according to Shawn Jansen of the Merced ...

Former Menlo College assistant Kellie Bernard was named UC Merced women’s basketball coach. Menlo Athletics Menlo Athletics UC Merced named coaches for its women’s basketball and new men’s and women’s ...

UC Merced women’s basketball standout Nicole Lukito made history for the Bobcats this week. Lukito, a junior forward from Fremont, averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds in leading UC Merced to a 2-0 ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- History was made in the North Valley over the weekend when Leticia "Moses" Oceguera made her head coaching debut for the UC Merced men's basketball team. "I grew up where my ...

It didn't take long for Hector Nava to fall in love with coaching. Nava had just finished his freshman season at Merced College -- after returning to Merced after four years in the Army -- and was ...

When Allen Huddleston started coaching basketball, he wasn’t looking at it as a career move. In fact, he Initially turned down an offer to assist former Blue Devils coach Don Reid. However, when the ...

Amaurys Fermin has been hired as the men’s basketball coach at Merced College, replacing, Allen Huddleston, who was hired as the first-ever general manager of the Fresno State men’s basketball program ...

Feb. 19—The fifth-seeded Lodi High boys basketball team pulled away late to fend off a feisty Merced team, 61-48, in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs on Wednesday at The ...

The Merced High boys basketball team is playing its best basketball at the right time of the season. The Bears kept their Central California Conference championship hopes alive with an impressive ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Bryce Fowler came off the bench to score 13 points and hand out five assists and Sacramento State Hornets rolled to a 72-36 victory over NAIA Division-II-member California ...