Junior Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian has upped her scoring average this season. She's No. 2 in the state with an average of 32.8 points a game. Virtually any college team in the country would welcome her with open arms. There's others making an impact in the scoring department this season, according to stats posted on MaxPreps.com. Aryanna Reyes of Whittier Pioneer is at 30.1 points for 14 games. Leqi Zhen of L.A. Lincoln is averaging 28.9 points in 10 games.
First-year girls' basketball coach Will Burr of Harvard-Westlake High has already concluded more than a month before the season begins that 6-foot-2 freshman Lucia Khamenia is going to be an impact player. She's the sister of former Harvard-Westlake All-American Nikolas Khamenia, who is now a freshman at Duke. Burr said Khamenia can play different positions because of her size and versatility, go inside or make threes like her brother.
