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Former Zag Williams-Goss
signs with Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz announced Friday they have signed former Gonzaga guard Nigel Williams-Goss.
Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.
Williams-Goss (6-3, 190) was originally selected by Utah in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft (55th overall) and has spent the last two seasons overseas playing with KK Partizan of the ABA league in Serbia (2017-18) and with Olympiacos B.C. of the A1 League in Greece (2018-19).
Competing in 46 games (44 starts) in the Liga ABA, KLS, EuroCup and Serbian Cup with Partizan in 2017-18, the Happy Valley, Ore. native averaged 17.4 points on 50.4 percent from the field and 47.8 percent from beyond the arc, 7.0 assists, 3.5 boards and 1.3 steals in 30.8 minutes, helping the team to a 2018 Serbian Cup victory, while earning 2018 Serbian Cup MVP honors. In 2018-19 with Olympiacos, he appeared in 53 games (43 starts) in the EuroLeague and A1 League with averages of 10.1 points, shooting 42.3 percent shooting and 38.4 percent from three, along with 4.4 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 25.7 minutes.
Williams-Goss played one season at Gonzaga, helping the Zags reach the national championship game as a junior. He played his first two seasons at Washington.
Youngman signs to play
basketball at Idaho
MOSCOW — Idaho’s men’s basketball program announced the signing of A.J. Youngman.
Youngman played for Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo., last season, where he averaged 9.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He shot 45.8 percent from beyond the arc, ranking in the top-20 in the NJCAA among student-athletes with at least two made 3’s per game.
“We are fortunate to have someone of A.J.’s character join our program,” Idaho interim head coach Zac Claus said. “He brings added 3-point shooting, competitiveness and maturity to our group. Through his work ethic he will have a positive impact here both on the court and in the classroom. He has been well schooled on the court by his dad, Jim, who has been a successful high school coach, and most recently by Cole Dewey and his staff at Otero.”
A 6-foot-4 wing, Youngman began his collegiate career at Eastern Kentucky. There, he appeared in 28 games, starting six, and averaged 3.8 points per contest while shooting 39.5 percent from range.
Youngman played his high school ball for Manual HS in Peoria, Ill., where he averaged 12.3 points per game as a senior. He began his high school career in seventh grade, and scored over 1,100 points during his three seasons living in Kentucky (2011-14).
Former Viking Hicks to
compete in home run derby
BEND, Ore. — Former Coeur d’Alene High standout Michael Hicks is one of 12 players selected for the West Coast League All-Star Game Home Run Derby, scheduled for Monday at Vince Genna Stadium.
Hicks, who played at Yavapai (junior) College in Prescott, Ariz., and is now playing at Boise State, is playing this summer for Ridgefield (Wash.) Raptors in the college wood-bat league.
The league’s all-star game is scheduled for Tuesday night in Bend.
WSU’s Mauigoa named to
Rimington Trophy Watch List
NEW YORK — Washington State senior center Frederick Mauigoa was named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List, the Rimington Trophy Committee announced Friday.
Mauigoa is one of 80 centers in the country named to the watch list for the award given to the season’s most outstanding center in Division I college football. Mauigoa received the same preseason recognition prior to the 2018 season.
Mauigoa earned All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention last season after starting all 13 games at center and blocked for the nation’s top passing offense. The Cougar offensive line blocked for 24 rushing touchdowns, allowed the eighth-fewest sacks in the country and was one of 10 semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation’s best offensive line. The American Samoa native has started 25 straight games at center for the Cougars.