Alijah Arenas, USC 5-star SG commit, reportedly involved in ‘serious car crash’

Alijah Arenas, the current USC Five-Star Plus+ shooting guard commit and son of former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas, has been hospitalized and placed into an induced coma following a “serious car crash,” according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

According to Charania, the crash took place early Thursday morning.

Five-star prospect and USC commit Alijah Arenas was involved in a serious car crash early Thursday morning, hospitalized and placed into an induced coma, sources tell ESPN. Arenas, 18, is the son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 24, 2025

Arenas is one of the nation’s top 2025 high school basketball prospects, ranking No. 12 overall this cycle. He committed to in-state USC earlier this year on Jan. 30. He reclassified up from the 2026 cycle prior to committing.

A prolific scorer, Arenas continued to earn high praise from On3’s Jamie Shaw, averaging over 30 points per game during his senior season for Chatsworth. He is one of two commits in USC’s 2025 recruiting class to date.

“This season the 6-foot-5 guard is averaging 31.8 points on 54.8 percent shooting for Chatsworth (CA) High,” Shaw previously wrote of the five-star. “Arenas is coming off a strong showing at the USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camp and proved his scoring chops in the Adidas 3SSB Circuit 17U Finale averaging 21.7 points on 48.0 percent shooting from three for the week. Arenas debuted in the 2025 On3 150 at No. 10 when he reclassified in January.”

Arenas has earned multiple honors throughout his high school career, including being named a McDonald’s All-American. In December, he broke the single-game scoring record at The Classic at Damien, scoring 56 points

This story will be updated.

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