Clark boys basketball coach Chad Beeten knew this season’s squad would look a whole lot different from his 2014 state championship team that featured frontcourt standouts Diontae Jones and Sherron Wilson.
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Del Sol’s boys basketball team had never participated in a playoff game prior to Tuesday night, and that inexperience was noticeable early against Mojave.
Marcus Saunders scored 16 points, including making 1 of 2 free throws with six seconds left, as Virgin Valley’s boys basketball team stunned visiting Desert Pines 41-39 on Tuesday.
Terrell Walker scored a game-high 26 points to lead Cimarron-Memorial’s boys basketball team to a 72-65 win over host Sierra Vista.
Jordan Glenn poured in 32 points Wednesday to lead Mojave’s boys basketball team to a 77-60 win at Spring Valley.
Grant Dressler poured in 29 points, and Palo Verde’s boys basketball team nailed four straight free throws in the final minute to edge visiting Durango 79-75 on Tuesday.
Gary Tharaldson had just one basket on Thursday night. But the shot couldn’t have been bigger.