Moapa Valley played an aggressive, helping man-to-man defense to near perfection and topped the Eagles, 50-44 in the region final at Del Sol. Both teams advance to the state tournament, which begins Friday at Orleans Arena.
Girls Basketball
The Pirates suffered through one of their more anemic offensive efforts in recent memory Saturday, yet found a way to scratch and claw to a 29-24 overtime win over Pahrump Valley in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals at Del Sol.
Lainey Cornwall poured in 40 points Tuesday to help host Moapa Valley’s girls basketball team to a 74-44 win over Democracy Prep in the Class 3A Southern Region quarterfinals.
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Millani Johnson scored 14 points to help Western’s girls basketball team earn the final spot in the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 36-28 win over Del Sol in a Sunset League play-in game on Friday at Valley.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps girls basketball rankings.
Ellie Howard had 18 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday to lead host Boulder City to a 45-32 win over Sunrise Mountain’s girls basketball team.
Areli Ponce had 21 points Wednesday as Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team earned a 42-39 overtime win over host Sunrise Mountain.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps girls basketball rankings.
Taysia Tovia scored 20 points on Monday as Liberty’s girls basketball team earned a 62-57 double-overtime victory over visiting Green Valley.
Julia Reid scored the game-winning basket as time expired Friday to lift Clark’s girls basketball team to a 37-35 win at Silverado.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps girls basketball rankings.
Skye Landaz hit a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds to go in overtime to give Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team a 51-49 road win over Palo Verde on Tuesday.
Jasmine Richardson made 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter and finished with 23 points Monday to help Basic’s girls basketball team to a 51-42 home win over Tech.
Kayla Proctor scored 10 points Friday to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team to a 54-28 home win over Bonanza.
