Killian Diers, who finished with 22 points, 16 rebounds and two assists, was the most active player on both ends of the floor in the Lions’ 78-52 win over White Pine in a Division III Southern League matchup.
Boys Basketball
Zyare Ruffin’s 15-foot jumper with two seconds left in overtime lifted Durango’s boys basketball team to a 56-55 win over Loyola (Calif.) in the Fairfax State Preview in Norwalk, Calif. on Saturday.
Maka Ellis, who has been hampered by an ankle injury suffered at the end of December, had 26 points to lift host Sierra Vista to a 63-46 victory over Chaparral.
Taylor Miller scored 16 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter Friday as Palo Verde’s boys basketball team rallied for an 85-84 win over visiting Desert Pines.
Marquise Rayborn scored 18 points Thursday, and Las Vegas’ boys basketball team routed Liberty 67-50 to move into a tie for second place in the Northeast League.
Timothy Jeffries had a team-high 22 points, and host Legacy overcame a huge night from Palo Verde’s Taylor Miller to earn a 74-68 victory in a pivotal Southwest League game.
Zach Friel scored seven points in overtime Wednesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to a 62-52 road win over Mojave.
Getting basketball coaches to agree on anything isn’t always easy.
But few girls basketball coaches in Southern Nevada will dispute there being large gaps in team talent levels throughout the area.
Few Southern Nevada coaches think the 40-point differential running-clock rule and the 50-point differential policy that requests that winning coaches detail in a letter what they did to keep the game from getting out of hand are having anything near the desired effect.
The latest Southern Nevada boys basketball coaches poll.
Xavier Jarvis scored five of his 39 points in overtime to lift Green Valley’s boys basketball team to an 82-80 home win over Eldorado on Tuesday.
Clark’s boys basketball team has forfeited its first five games of the season, the Clark County School District athletic office said Tuesday.
Cheyenne used an early 18-2 run to take control and rolled to a 69-43 road win over Mojave.
Maitland Williams scored 14 points in his first varsity game Monday to help Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team hold off visiting Western, 55-49.
Silverado’s boys basketball team was forced to forfeit its win over Liberty on Friday.