{"id":372554,"date":"2024-03-03T20:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372554"},"modified":"2024-03-03T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T22:02:08","slug":"move-over-gilbert-arenas-son-alijah-arenas-beat-dads-high-school-record-with-53-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372554","title":{"rendered":"Move over, Gilbert: Arenas&#039; son Alijah Arenas beat dad&#039;s high-school record with 53 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alijah Arenas is already a five-star prospect in the class of 2026, and he continues to show why he just may be as good as his dad, Gilbert Arenas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Archived\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1998-sep-04-sp-19313-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0records show the elder Arenas was considered the top prospect in the LA area around 1998 as he entered his senior high school season. His high-school best of 50 points cemented his status as an elite prospect, and he went on to be an All-Pac-10 player at the University of Arizona, leading the Wildcats to a championship appearance before rising to NBA stardom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Those 50 points in a high school game? His son just broke that mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arenas scored 53 points this weekend, leading Chatsworth High School (Calif.) to a 74-69 regional semifinal win over Washington Prep. He added 11 rebounds in the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Times reporter Eric Sondheimer posted a clip of Arenas:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Look at him go. 23 points in first half for Alijah Arenas and his bag of tricks. Chatsworth by 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lv3ji6Dmbd\">pic.twitter.com\/Lv3ji6Dmbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latsondheimer\/status\/1764133184151941330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See full game highlights from The Hoop Spill&#8217;s YouTube page:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Alijah Arenas Goes For 53 POINTS &amp; Catches A BODY In State Playoff Win Over Washington Prep!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgZdIg9mWOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Arenas is ranked on the 247Sports Composite as the third-best player in the class of 2026 and the top shooting guard. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, he already has 16 offers as a sophomore, according to the recruiting outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Alijah Arenas, a five-star prospect and son of Gilbert Arenas, scored 53 points for Chatsworth High School in a playoff game.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=372554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372556,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372554\/revisions\/372556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=372554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=372554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=372554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}