Alijah Arenas is finally starting her college career
2025, the year of the terrible downpour Aliyah Arenas. The son of Gilbert Arenas, the great hope of American basketball, began the spring with a serious car accident, with six days in the hospital, including two in an induced coma. Three months later, in the middle of summer, another heavy blow with a meniscus tear…
Because of this, his start of the NCAA season, with USC, was delayed, to the point where he feared a blank season. Finally, he’s back in 2026 and begins his college season this Wednesday against Northwestern.
In the loss to his Trojans, Alijah Arenas had a small game with 8 points on 3-of-15 shooting, including 0-of-6 from 3-point range, in 29 minutes. Unsuccessful performance for sure, but which seems logical because he continued training with his teammates only last month and that doesn’t worry his coach.
“The results do not surprise me”Eric Musselman explained after the match. “But he can create his own shots and he should be in his senior year of high school, to be upgraded. He missed the whole summer and then you throw him in the middle of the Big Ten and he doesn’t have a single non-conference game and it’s all just because of injury, and that’s tough for any super-talented player.”
2026-01-22 15:50:00
