Jerry Tarkanian, best known as the towel-chomping college basketball coach who guided UNLV to national prominence, would have turned 89 on Thursday.
Basketball
Bishop Gorman plays top-seeded La Lumiere (Indiana) at 1 p.m. Thursday in the GEICO Nationals in New York City. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Clark’s Jalen Hill and Faith Lutheran’s Brevin Walter and Clark coach Chad Beeten will participate in the Big Baller Brand All-American Game on Sunday at Orleans Arena.
Clark senior Jalen Hill was named the Gatorade Nevada Boys Basketball Player of the Year on Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team will get a shot at a national tournament.
The Meadows struggled to find consistency on offense and fell 38-33 to Incline on Saturday in the Class 2A boys state basketball title game at Orleans Arena.
Elijah Jackson’s rebound basket with six seconds left in overtime lifted Churchill County to a 60-59 win over Mojave in the Class 3A boys state semifinals Friday at Orleans Arena.
Isaiah Cottrell, Bishop Gorman’s 6-foot-10-inch junior center, scored 10 of his 23 points in the third quarter to help the Gaels to a 68-60 win over the Chargers on Friday night at Orleans Arena.
Clark defeated Bishop Manogue 52-34 and Bishop Gorman rolled past Arbor View 81-52 on Friday in the Class 4A boys state basketball semifinals at Orleans Arena.
Jalen Hill had 19 points and seven rebounds as Clark rolled to a 55-40 win over Desert Pines in the Class 4A boys state basketball quarterfinals. Arbor View defeated Spanish Springs 72-56 in the other quarterfinal.
Arbor View was scheduled to host Wednesday’s games long before the Aggies qualified for their first state tournament. But the players aren’t downplaying the importance of home-court advantage.
Mwani Wilkinson scored all 18 of his points in the second half, including Gorman’s first 12 points of the fourth quarter, as the Gaels defeated the Jaguars 52-42 in the Southern Nevada boys basketball championship game.
Mwani Wilkinson scored 16 points to help Bishop Gorman to a 57-50 win over Clark in the Desert Region championship game at Foothill. Desert Pines edged Arbor View 49-46 in the Mountain Region final at Legacy.
Clark and Bishop Gorman meet for the third time this season at 7 p.m. Thursday at Foothill in the Desert Region boys championship game.
Noah Taitz drilled a 3-pointer with about three seconds to play to give the Gaels a 70-67 win over Coronado in the Class 4A Desert Region boys basketball semifinals at Foothill.