Liberty forward Andre Porter scored 33 points in the Patriots’ win over Bishop Gorman on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
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Durango closed the game on a 20-8 run to finish off a home win over Foothill on Friday. The Trailblazers made 22 of 25 free-throw attempts.
Centennial senior point guard Elijah Burney scored 19 points and added five rebounds and four steals in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win last week.
Fernando Carmona posted an Instagram video of his friend Jonny, a senior with special needs, scaring him as he walked into a class each day. The video is approaching 2 million views.
Centennial led for all but the opening 15 seconds en route to a 68-57 win over Arbor View in both teams’ final tuneup before the playoffs.
Derrick Thomas made a layup on an assist from Gavin Balistere with 10 seconds left to give Boulder Citys boys basketball team a 63-61 win over Boulder City on Wednesday.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps boys basketball rankings.
Nati Asfaw scored 31 points to propel host Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 72-66 overtime victory over Calvary Chapel on Thursday night.
The Pilots honored the nine-year NBA veteran at halftime of their 111-65 victory over Planet Athlete Academy by retiring his No. 11 jersey before an ebullient crowd, family and friends. Bradley was presented with a framed replica of the uniform during a brief ceremony, and posed for pictures amid a standing ovation.
Bishop Gorman’s Isaiah Cottrell in at No. 5 on our list of Southern Nevada’s top boys basketball players.
Jahlani Blair had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists Spring Valley’s boys basketball team upset Durango 84-76 on Tuesday.
Marvin Coleman scored 23 points to lead Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 68-59 win over Bakersfield (California) in Los Angeles.
Jamal Bey had 37 points and 15 rebounds to help Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team put away Sierra Vista at home for an 86-71 victory on Wednesday night.
Desert Oasis had three players score 20 or more points and rolled to a 93-77 home win over the Trailblazers.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.