{"id":272924,"date":"2026-04-17T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:15:07","slug":"mens-basketball-signs-oconnor-high-school-guard-melvin-stubbs-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272924\/","title":{"rendered":"MEN\u2019S BASKETBALL SIGNS O\u2019CONNOR HIGH SCHOOL GUARD MELVIN STUBBS JR."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     SACRAMENTO &#8212; Sacramento State head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/mike-bibby\/1459\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1459\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Bibby<\/a> announced the program has signed Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor High School guard Melvin Stubbs Jr., who will enroll at the University as a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs Jr. becomes the program&#8217;s second signee for the 2026-27 season, joining North Mecklenburg High School guard <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/news\/2025\/12\/5\/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-signs-four-star-guard-ashton-pierce.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ashton Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Stubbs Jr. File<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 A 6-foot-5, 180-pound guard from Tucson, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Has a 6-foot-9 wingspan<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 A 2026 graduate of Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor High School in Phoenix, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Played his senior season at O&#8217;Connor after spending his first three prep seasons at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 As a senior, he helped lead O&#8217;Connor HS to a 20-9 overall record, a 6A Desert Valley championship, and a quarterfinal appearance at the state championships<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Named the 6A Desert Valley Region Defensive Player of the Year and an all-West Valley Preps selection<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Averaged 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game during that senior season<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 As a junior at Catalina Foothills HS, he was named the 5A Southern Arizona Basketball Player of the Year after averaging 20.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Two-time attendee of The London Showcase<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Played travel ball for Arizona Select<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Mother, Charita Stubbs, is entering her fourth season as head volleyball coach at the University of Arizona<\/p>\n<p>Bibby quote &#8211; &#8220;Melvin is long, athletic, and has those long arms that really disrupt things on both ends of the floor, especially defensively. He takes pride in guarding, he competes, and he&#8217;s going to fit right into the identity of we&#8217;re building at Sacramento State.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; SACRAMENTO &#8212; Sacramento State head coach Mike Bibby announced the program has signed Sandra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-272924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}