High school basketball: Five-star California sophomore Alijah Arenas explodes for season-high 53 points in Regional Semifinals
By Jordan Divens
Mar 3, 2024, 10:00am
Arenas is averaging 33.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists on the season after the scoring outburst.
Arenas tallied 23 points in the first half and erupted for 30 more in the second half of the impressive win. He is now averaging 33.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest on the season to help Chatsworth improve to a record of 19-14.
The five-star guard is also approaching 2,000 points for his career as he enters the Chancellors CIF Division IV regional title game with 1,885 points through two seasons.
The scoring outburst was the second highest total of Alijah's career as he dropped a career-high 56 points in a 97-48 victory over Canoga Park last season as a freshman.
Five-star sophomore Alijah Arenas exploded for a season-high 53 points in the Chancellors state tournament victory. (Photo: Samuel Mawanda)
Arenas earned third team MaxPreps Freshman All-America honors last season after averaging 30.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest. He is regarded as the No. 4 prospect in the Class of 2026 according to
247Sports.
Gilbert Arenas averaged 20.7 points, 5.3 assists and
3.9 rebounds over the course of 11 NBA seasons and was named an
all-star three times. Agent Zero's career-high in the NBA came against
the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 17, 2006 when he scored 60 points to go
along with eight rebounds and eight assists in a 147-141 overtime
victory.
