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Filipino hoops sensation Kobe Paras seeks fresh start in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Paras is back in Los Angeles looking for a fresh start.

The guard who is a celebrity in his native Philippines is hoping he finds it at Cal State Northridge after a false start at UCLA and a single season at Creighton.

Paras was welcomed to campus on Wednesday by Matadors coach Reggie Theus, who presented him with his No. 21 jersey. As a transfer, Paras will have to sit out the upcoming season because of NCAA rules.

”It’s a new beginning and it’s very humbling for me,” Paras said.

He played at Cathedral High in Los Angeles before transferring to Middlebrooks Academy for his senior year.