Arbor View used a stringent full-court press, and Tyre Williams and Jarrod Burks sparked a 39-13 run to close the game in an 85-74 victory at Desert Oasis on Thursday.
Boys Basketball
Mountain View (Utah), made up of all upperclassmen, shot 52 percent from the floor Wednesday en route to a 73-56 victory over host Desert Oasis’ boys basketball team in the second annual Tri-State Invitational.
Geoff Faries led Basic with 20 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line as the Wolves held off Provo (Utah) 63-59 to go 2-0 on the first day of the Tri-State Holiday Invitational at Desert Oasis.
Foothill used a dominant first half to run away with a 90-66 victory over Arbor View in the championship game of the Foothill Holiday Classic.
Arbor View’s Comillion Smith scored a game-high 23 points Monday, and his cousin, Sevonyea Smith, collected 10 rebounds to help power the Aggies past Chaparral 83-69 in the Foothill Holiday Classic.
After a lackluster first half, Foothill came out and dominated Rancho in the second half and rolled to a 62-42 victory at the Foothill Holiday Classic.
It came down to the final possession, and Cimarron-Memorial was able to edge Chaparral 75-74 at the Foothill Holiday Classic.
Arbor View’s Elijah Westall, Calvin Brooks and Comillion Smith scored 14 points apiece as the Aggies used a big fourth quarter to rally for a 81-72 win at Eldorado on Thursday.
Lea Williams scored a game-high 19 points Thursday to lead Rancho’s girls basketball team to a 53-32 win over visiting Basic.
Nic Maccioni had 24 points Wednesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to to a 90-79 road victory over Arbor View.
Nic Maccioni scored 31 and added seven rebounds Saturday to lead the Faith Lutheran boys basketball team over Juan Diego (Utah) at home, 76-64.
Demetrius Valdez hit six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 37 points on Friday to rally Durango’s boys basketball team to a 76-63 win over visiting Desert Oasis.
Troy Brown scored 24 points on Thursday, and Centennial’s boys basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat visiting Cimarron-Memorial, 62-56.
Jalen Graves scored nine of his 11 points in the third quarter Wednesday to help the Desert Pines to a 72-66 boys basketball win over host Liberty.
Trevon Abdullah-Booker had 31 points Monday to lead the Desert Pines boys basketball team to a 73-61 home victory over Basic.