With the official announcement that heB次元官网网址檒l be a UVic Vike next year comes a sense of relief for one of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 biggest 2019 high school basketball recruits.
Oak Bay HighB次元官网网址檚 Diego Maffia and the Vikes made it official on Tuesday that the star point guard will stay in Oak Bay to start his U Sports career.
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It doesnB次元官网网址檛 solve MaffiaB次元官网网址檚 other issue, answering questions about B次元官网网址淭he Big Game,B次元官网网址� when he set the provincial boys single-game scoring record when he posted 94 points in a 114-88 win against the Ross Shepard Thunderbirds on Feb. 9. It was the Western Canadian Invitational tournament in Kelowna and Maffia was unstoppable as he bettered the previous record of 94-points set by Greg DeVries in 1991.
B次元官网网址淓specially after the Big Game,B次元官网网址� Maffia said. B次元官网网址淧eople keep asking, B次元官网网址楬ow did you do that?B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址�
The answer is practice. At 6-foot-1 Maffia shoots and rebounds bigger than he is and heB次元官网网址檚 proven heB次元官网网址檚 among the best high school shooters and is destined for a great U Sports career.
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Shortly after his mom and brother moved here, Maffia started at Oak Bay High as a Grade 9 student who played soccer, volleyball and some basketball. Bays basketball coach Chris Franklin got wind of the talented Maffia and soon Maffia was not only on the basketball team but was in the court most mornings shooting hoops with the Grade 11s and 12s whilst still a junior.
B次元官网网址淔ranklin looks for guys who really like basketball, who want to be in the gym shooting hoops, and [that was me],B次元官网网址� Maffia said.
B次元官网网址淲e are thrilled to welcome [Maffia] to our program next year,B次元官网网址� said Vikes head coach Craig Beaucamp. B次元官网网址淗e is a generational talent who has been one of the top high school player in British Columbia the past few years. He has the ability to score in a variety of ways and is arguably one of the greatest shooters in B.C. high school basketball history. We truly believe he has the potential to be an elite U Sports athlete.B次元官网网址�
Maffia did field interest from around the country and some from south of the border with strongest options coming from UBC and Calgary. In the end, he felt the fit with UVic was the right one. One of the reasons Maffia is so familiar with the Vikes is his time spent in the Vikes Nation basketball program from 2016-2018, where he was tutored by current Vikes assistant coach Josh Mullen.
B次元官网网址淯VicB次元官网网址檚 [coaching staff] have been interested since Grade 10, been with me for a while,B次元官网网址� Maffia said. B次元官网网址淭hey knew my potential, I trust them a lot, my confidence in them is high and staying home [is economical].B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚t is special moment for our coaching staff knowing that Maffia has grown his game within our Vikes Nation program and down the road at Oak Bay under coach Chris Franklin,B次元官网网址� added Beaucamp. B次元官网网址淲e are lucky to have had the chance to see him develop right before our eyes.B次元官网网址�
MaffiaB次元官网网址檚 family ties with Brazil remain strong as he is going back to visit his dad works as the principal of a Sao Paul school.
MaffiaB次元官网网址檚 high school basketball career ended one week prior when the Bays were unable to crack the final four, losing into he second round to Terry Fox 100-66 (the Bays did bounce back to finish seventh with an 84-76 win over Centennial).
He brings with him a list of individual athlete including a First Team All-Star as a member of the B.C. provincial team at the 2018 Canada Basketball National Championships.
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