San Mateo County hoops roundup • Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026

Menlo-Atherton 53, Mills 40

Fresh off their television appearance on Cal-Hi Sports, the Bears (7-1 PAL Bay, 15-3 overall) moved into a first-place tie in the PAL Bay Division with their home win over Mills (2-6, 7-11). The standings shakeup occurs after first-place Half Moon Bay’s loss to Hillsdale.

M-A spread around the scoring, with senior Lita Fakapelea, sophomore Mary Tava and freshman Bella Gormsen sharing the team-high with 12 points apiece. Mills senior Kelly Ho scored a game-high 15 points, with seniors Kaylee Huynh and Amaya Moore adding 11 points each.

Aragon 44, Carlmont 39

The Lady Dons (3-4 PAL Bay, 8-9 overall) took a three-point lead into the second half and pitched a 12-0 shutout in the third quarter to earn the home win over Carlmont (2-6, 11-9). Senior guard Daisy Pantoja Beltran scored a game-high 17 points for Aragon, with sophomore Eva Felix adding nine and junior Jaclyn Ruttenberg eight. Junior guard Sky Yee led the Lady Scots with nine points.

Boys’ basketball

Half Moon Bay 63, Terra Nova 53

The Cougars (7-1 PAL Bay, 13-7 overall) opened on an 8-0 run and led wire-to-wire in their home rematch with Terra Nova (1-6, 8-11). With the win, HMB sweeps the season series from the Tigers, and has now won 10 straight against its archrival going back to 2020.

Senior sharpshooter Gio Garduno-Martin led the way for HMB, hitting three 3s to score a game-high 27 points. Junior forward Levi Meighan added 14. Terra Nova senior Jonathan Martins scored a team-high 17 points, while senior Kai Gieraths totaled 12.

Carlmont 56, Sequoia 46

Junior guard Jordan Rice blew up for a game-high 31 points as the Scots (5-3 PAL Bay, 10-8 overall) won their second straight at home against Sequoia (2-6, 7-12). Junior Mikael Bruhnsteyn added nine points for Carlmont. The Ravens were led by seniors Nick Henderson and Isaiah Hahn Tapper, who scored 12 points apiece. With the win, the Scots sweep the two-game season series from Sequoia. Carlmont has now won eight straight in head-to-head play between the two dating back to 2020-21.

Menlo-Atherton 71, Burlingame 52

Trailing by four after the first quarter, the Bears (8-0 PAL Bay, 15-3 overall) went on a 22-8 run in the second quarter to take the game in hand at Burlingame (4-4, 12-7). With the win, M-A has yet to lose a game in the 2026 calendar year, having won nine straight dating back to Jan. 3.

Senior Jerry Williams paced the Bears with 22 points, while senior Luca Auer added 20 points and senior point guard Jacob Sutton scored 17. Burlingame junior Max Robenalt scored a team-high 11 points, and senior Jean-Luc Uharriet and sophomore Lucca Maher scored 10 points apiece.