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    • Articles, St. Anthony, St. Patrick

    On the same night St. Anthony ran its two-year long winning streak to 60 games, it’s chief rival for the last two decades, St. Patrick, played what could be the last game in school history.

    UCLA-bound point guard Kyle Anderson scored 34 points to lead the Friars to a 90-24 rout of Oratory Prep in the New Jersey North Non-Public B quarterfinals in Jersey City.

    Anderson eclipsed the 30-point plateau for the second straight game, having gone for 35 in Saturday’s win over Medford Tech.

    Since arriving at St. Anthony to play for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley in 2010 following the closing of Paterson Catholic, Anderson is now 60-0 in a Friars uniform.

    Articles, Harvard, Recruiting

    Cali big man Zena Edosomwan is still dreaming of playing at Harvard.

    And he’s wanted that even before Linsanity began.

    “That’s where he wants to go,” Greg Hilliard, the Harvard-Westlake coach, told SNY.tv Thursday by phone.

    “He still doesn’t have the index he’s after. The last test he took in January is due back any day now. He still would have the opportunity to take it another time if he’s short.”

    Old Knicks

    President Obama says he saw Linsanity coming when the rest of the world did not.

    Speaking on a Podcast Thursday with Bill Simmons of Grantland.com, Obama, a Harvard Law School graduate, said he’s known about Lin for some time.

    “I knew about Jeremy Lin before you did or everybody else did because Arne Duncan, my Secretary of Education, was captain of the Harvard team,” the President said. “And so way back when, Arne and I were playing [basketball] and he said, ‘I’m telling you we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’

    Articles, Hurleys, Wagner

    Two years ago, Dan Hurley was coaching in high school at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark.

    Now he’s coaching a 25-win college team that is one victory from playing for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

    “Now it’s just let it rip, man, go for it,” Hurley told SNY.tv after the No. 2-seeded Seahawks beat No. 7 Central Connecticut, 87-77, to move into the Northeast Conference semifinals against Robert Morris on Sunday at noon. “We’ve had an unbelievable year. We’re one game away from playing to be a part of March Madness so go out and let it rip.”

    Articles, Recruiting, UCLA

    Tony Parker’s father said his son is still considering UCLA in the wake of the Sports Illustrated story, but that the report is not “a good thing” and is a “bad reflection” on Bruins coach Ben Howland.

    “Yes, we [are] still considering UCLA,” Virgil Parker told SNY.tv Thursday evening by phone.

    Asked if the story would hurt UCLA’s chances of landing Parker, a 6-foot-9 forward from Lithonia (Ga.) Miller Grove High, and 6-6 wing Shabazz Muhammad of Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, Parker said: “Not really. I don’t think that would hurt their chances of getting them.

    “I don’t think it’s a good thing, but at the same time … if that was going on it’s just like Kevin Love said, it’s just a couple of bad apples.”

    Articles, Recruiting

    Allerik Freeman, the Rivals No. 11 shooting guard in the Class of 2013, has just trimmed his list to two schools, his coach told SNY.tv Thursday.

    “He said he had cut it to Kansas and Villanova, which is not shocking,” Charlotte (N.C.) Olympic coach Ty Baumgardner said by phone.

    “He’s liked those schools all along and how they use their guards and how they play.”

    The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Freeman had previously considered Kansas State, Texas, Georgetown, Florida, Ohio State, North Carolina and South Carolina, among others.

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