The Longhorns embarked on a 13-4 run across the third and fourth quarters, and executed their zone offense in the final minutes to secure a 66-60 victory over Lutheran in the Legacy Tip-Off Classic on Thursday night.
Basketball
Dejonte Allen’s put-back at the buzzer lifted Chaparral’s boys basketball team to a 61-59 victory over visiting Basic on Thursday.
Durango’s Anthony Hunter scored a game-high 24 points, including his team’s final nine points, to help the seventh-ranked Trailblazers hang on for a 65-64 road win over Las Vegas High.
Spring Valley’s girls basketball team took the lead with 46 seconds to play on Thursday and held on for a 47-45 win over Regis Jesuit (Colorado) in the La Jolla (California) Sweet 16 Tournament.
Noah Taitz scored a game-high 26 points to help Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team to a 72-47 victory over Galena in the Gaels’ season debut Wednesday in the Wild West Shootout in Reno.
Kayla Harris had 17 points and nine assists Tuesday as Spring Valley’s girls basketball team earned a 61-59 overtime win over IMG Academy (Florida) in the Sweet 16 Tournament in La Jolla, California.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
Anthony Jaramillo scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers, to power Shadow Ridge’s boys basketball team to a 63-53 road victory over Mojave on Tuesday.
Kayla Proctor scored a game-high 16 points as Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team closed the game on a 12-2 run to earn a 64-59 home win over Sierra Vista on Tuesday.
Coronado’s Jaden Hardy is one of the top ninth-garders in the country, and holds scholarship offers from several major collegiate basketball programs, including UNLV, where his older brother, Amauri, is a freshman point guard.
Lajaei West had seven points and 12 rebounds to lead Del Sol’s girls basketball team to a 22-21 home win over Silverado on Monday.
The senior guard hit a pair of foul shots in the final five seconds to lead the Pioneers to a 76-74 road victory.
Marvin Coleman had 20 points and six rebounds Monday to lift Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 76-67 home over Palo Verde.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.