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.
Boys Basketball
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.
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 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.
Faith Lutheran gave up an 18-6 scoring run at the end of the first half and couldn’t get enough stops late in a 73-61 loss to ThunderRidge (Colorado) in the winner’s bracket of the Tarkanian Classic Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
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.
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.
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.
The Sierra Vista boys basketball team used a 25-point third quarter to build a commanding lead and invigorate the fans that made the trip, taking down Desert Oasis 67-56 in the Diamondbacks’ house and claiming “The Rock” rivalry trophy.
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.
Trevon Abdullah-Booker had 31 points Monday to lead the Desert Pines boys basketball team to a 73-61 home victory over Basic.
Taiga Miyano scored 18 points on six 3-pointers Saturday to lead Desert Oasis’ boys basketball team to a 70-55 win over Palo Verde in the championship game of the Southwest Rotary Classic in Yuma, Arizona.
Bishop Gorman could not hold a fourth-quarter lead and allowed two players to score at least 30 points in a Friday night home loss to Santa Margarita (Calif.), 83-78.
Geoff Faries connected on five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points as Basic’s boys basketball team held on for a 64-61 win over visiting Chaparral on Thursday.