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Five-star high school basketball recruit and Southern California commit Alijah Arenas was involved in a “serious” car crash early Thursday morning and has been hospitalized and placed into an induced coma, ESPN reported.
Arenas is the son of former NBA player and three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas.
A guard at Chatsworth High School in Southern California, Arenas is a five-star recruit and the 10th ranked overall player in the 2025 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. Arenas committed to the Trojans over offers from Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky and Arizona, among other schools.
USC said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports it could not comment since Arenas is a prospective student-athlete.
Arenas played in the 2025 McDonald’s All-American Boys Game. He had 11 points in the contest as he was part of the West team that defeated the East team, 105-92.
Gilbert Arenas canceled plans to stream a new episode of his online show “Gil’s Arena” Thursday.
Details of the accident are not yet known. USA TODAY Sports has reached out to the Los Angeles Fire Department for more information.
This story will be updated.
