Northwest Notes July 9, 2020

Bayley finishes tied for

ninth in Dakotas

Tour event

Derek Bayley, the former Lakeland High standout, finished tied for ninth with an 11-under-par 205 in a Dakotas Tour event that concluded on Wednesday at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton, S.D.

Bayley shot a 70-66-69—205, sharing ninth with three others.

Daniel Sutton won the tournament at 15 under (66-68-67—201).

Alston passes on

NBA Draft,

returns for senior year at Boise State

BOISE — Boise State basketball standout Derrick Alston Jr. will withdraw his name from the 2020 NBA Draft and return to the Broncos for his redshirt senior season, Alston announced Wednesday.

The 6-foot-9 guard was Boise State’s leader in points and assists last season, and last year became the 31st 1,000-point scorer in program history.

“Based upon the feedback I have received, I know the NBA is a viable option for me for the 2020-21 season and I’m incredibly confident in my ability to compete against the best players in the world,” Alston said in a Twitter post. “I also know that I have unfinished business at Boise State and still have tremendous room for growth in my game. The opportunity to showcase my growth while working side-by-side with my teammates and coaches every day to improve and to pursue a Mountain West championship is an opportunity and life experience that I cannot pass up!”

Last season Alston was a top-10 finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award. He was named All-Mountain West second team by the coaches and the media after averaging 17.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, guiding the Broncos to their eighth 20-win season in the last 10 years and a trip to the semifinals at the Mountain West Championship.

Alston has appeared in 76 games for the Broncos and was a member of Boise State’s 2017 and 2018 NIT teams. The rest of this season’s roster enters the year with a combined 88 games played as Broncos. Five Division I transfers will be eligible this season after sitting out last year, headlined by first-team NJCAA All-American Naje Smith and Serbian U18 and U19 national team member Pavle Kuzmanovic.

The original deadline for student-athletes to remove their name from the NBA Draft and maintain NCAA eligibility was June 3, but due to changes to the draft schedule caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the deadline was extended to Aug. 3. Alston’s decision comes less than two weeks before the Broncos are set to begin mandatory workouts on July 20, the first day permitted by the NCAA.