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The Millikan basketball team’s Moore League season has felt straight out of a movie, and every good story needs its fairytale ending.
A night after beating Long Beach Poly to clinch their first Moore League championship since 1988, the Rams hosted Compton Tuesday night looking to put the finishing touches on an undefeated season. Millikan did just that while celebrating a standout senior class, earning an 82–50 win before hoisting the trophy as undefeated Moore League champions.
“It makes it all worth it,” Millikan coach Stephon Price said after the game. “The hard work we put in all year, the scheduling, the practices, the 5am workouts, long days, long nights—it was all worth it. It’s amazing. I’m speechless right now.”
There are no clear historical records documenting undefeated seasons, but several alumni estimate the late 1980s as the last time Millikan went undefeated, when the Rams claimed back-to-back outright titles in ’87 and ’88. What can be said for certain, however, is that it’s been at least 37 years since the last time the Rams went unbeaten in the Moore League.
It was also an extra-special night for Millikan, as the Rams hosted their senior ceremony before the game and honored their five seniors who made up the starting lineup for the night. Leading the group was four-year senior at Millikan Jeremiah Hunt, who chipped in a game-high 23 points in his final regular-season contest and echoed his coach’s sentiments after the game.
“It’s amazing,” he said. “Working out every day at 5 am, running the sand hills and whatnot—it all paid off.”
Hunt is one of just two seniors who’ve stuck it out all four years in what’s been a roller-coaster era for Millikan’s program. Even through the hiring of Price in 2024, Hunt stuck with the program and became a key three-year starter for the Rams while surpassing 1,500 career points, a total some believe puts him in contention for a school record.
“I had no doubt in this program,” he said. “Especially when we got a new coach, I had faith and trust that he was going to make us better to where we are today. I bought in and everybody bought in, which is the reason we are where we are today—12–0.”
The program saw a handful of transfers last year in Price’s first season as head coach, but the roster has seen practically no changes from a year ago, aside from the addition of five-star freshman Quali Giran. The freshman got a night of rest on senior night after battling through an injury in Monday night’s game against Poly.
One of last year’s transfers is senior Jojo Wicker, who put the cherry on top of an standout senior campaign, which included a 27-point night during Monday’s title-clinching win against Poly. Wicker added 22 points on Tuesday including his 1,500th career point, dating back to his time as an underclassman at St. Anthony.
The Rams will now look ahead to the playoffs, where Price expects to be placed in the Division 1 bracket. It’s hard to imagine them anywhere else after holding their own against a handful of the top programs in the CIF-SS, along with a pair of wins over league opponent Long Beach Poly, which competed in Division 1 last year.
“Going from a Division 5 program to a Division I program is super special,” Price said. “We’re going to prepare and work, and we’re going to be ready for the playoffs.”
The brackets will be released Saturday at noon, and The562 will have live coverage upon their release along with previews for each team.
