{"id":283565,"date":"2026-04-24T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/283565\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:52:13","slug":"mens-basketball-signs-pima-college-forward-mason-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/283565\/","title":{"rendered":"MEN\u2019S BASKETBALL SIGNS PIMA COLLEGE FORWARD MASON HUNT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     MEN&#8217;S BASKETBALL SIGNS PIMA COLLEGE FORWARD MASON HUNT<\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. &#8212; Pima Community College forward Mason Hunt has signed to play at Sacramento State, it was announced today by Hornet 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>. Hunt will enroll at the University as a junior.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt becomes the program&#8217;s third signee for the 2026-27 season, joining Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor High School guard <a href=\"https:\/\/hornetsports.com\/news\/2026\/4\/17\/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-signs-o-connor-high-school-guard-melvin-stubbs-jr.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Melvin Stubbs Jr.<\/a>, and 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 Hunt File<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 A 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward from Prescott, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Played two seasons (2024-26) at Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Helped the Aztecs to a two-year combined record of 70-2 overall, and 36-0 in the ACCAC<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 A first team all-ACCAC selection as a sophomore<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 As a freshman, he was third team all-ACCAC and the league&#8217;s Freshman of the Year<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 This past season, as a sophomore, he started 33 games while leading the team in scoring (18.2 ppg)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.8 blocked shots per game<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Shot 48% (208-434) from the field, 39% (76-197) from 3PT, and 78% (109-139) from the free throw line<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Named to the NJCAA Div. II all-tournament team after helping the Aztecs to a fifth place finish in the nation<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The team finished third in the country during his freshman season<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 As a freshman, he played in 34 games while averaging 11.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Scored 988 career points and buried 121 3-pointers during his two seasons<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Prepped at Bradshaw Mountain High School in Prescott Valley, Ariz.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 As a senior, he was first team all-state and first team all-conference while averaging 24.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.1 blocks while shooting 50% from the field and 40% from the 3-point line<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Averaged 15.0 points per game as a junior when he was named second team all-state<\/p>\n<p>Bibby quote &#8211; &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to add Mason to our program. He&#8217;s strong, can really shoot it, and has a good all-around game. He&#8217;s also a tough kid who competes every possession. Mason brings the kind of edge and versatility that fits how we want to play, and we think our fans are going to love the way he goes about his business.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; MEN&#8217;S BASKETBALL SIGNS PIMA COLLEGE FORWARD MASON HUNT SACRAMENTO, Calif. &#8212; Pima Community College&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-283565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283565","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=283565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}