Taeha Pankey had 25 points and seven rebounds Thursday to power Legacy’s girls basketball team to a 51-35 win over Burbank (California) in the West Coast Festival in Ontario, California.
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Brevin Walter hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with nine seconds to play Thursday, and Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team earned a 63-60 win over Thousand Oaks (California) in the Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational in Rancho Mirage, California.
Legacy’s girls basketball team held a one-point lead entering the fourth quarter on Wednesday but couldn’t hang on as El Rancho (California) topped the Longhorns 46-36 in the West Coast Festival in Ontario, California.
TaEha Pankey had 16 points Tuesday to lead Legacy’s girls basketball team to a 52-38 win over St. Monica (California) in the West Coast Festival in Ontario, California.
Las Vegas battled back from as many as 16 points down in the second half Tuesday but couldn’t find an answer for Trevin Knell and lost 69-58 to Woods Cross (Utah) in the third-place game of the Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Bishop Gorman put together an impressive second-half rally before finally falling to Oklahoma’s Putnam City West 66-64 in the Tarkanian Classic’s Diamond Division third-place game at Durango.
Dre’una Edwards racked up 21 points, 16 rebounds and four steals Monday to help Liberty defeat Desert Oasis 59-45 in the Tarkanian Classic at Durango.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
Briana Todd poured in 30 points Saturday to lift Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team to a 37-27 win over Panguitch (Utah) in the championship game of the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Clark went cold from the field against nationally ranked Chino Hills (California) and saw a 10-point lead turn into a 91-87 loss in the opening round of the Platinum Division at the Tarkanian Classic.
Charleea Armstrong scored 18 points Friday to lead Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 45-41 win over Dixie (Utah) in the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada boys basketball coaches poll.
The fifth annual Tarkanian Classic, which has become one of the nation’s preeminent holiday basketball events, opens Thursday with 12 showcase games at Bishop Gorman.
Kennedy Koehler scored 12 of his 29 points in the third quarter Monday to help Coronado to a 78-68 home win over Desert Pines.
De’Shawn Eagles hit a buzzer-beating putback to lift the Basic boys basketball team to a home win over Boulder City on Monday, 42-41.