The Faith Lutheran girls basketball team rallied from a 10-point first-quarter deficit to beat Spring Valley in the Class 5A league opener Wednesday night.
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Faith Lutheran hosted Desert Oasis in a girls basketball game Monday night. Desert Oasis won 63-55.
Arbor View sprinted to a 21-2 lead over Eldorado in the first round of the Mountain Region tournament, and cruised to a 64-43 victory. The Aggies (4-20) advance to play Cheyenne (7-12) on Tuesday night.
Elyse Young had her second consecutive triple-double, racking up 26 points, 10 rebounds, 10 steals and eight assists, on Friday to help host Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team to a 70-40 win over Arbor View.
Daejah Phillips scored 18 points Tuesday as Centennial’s girls basketball team opened defense of its fourth straight large school state title with a 90-31 home win over Cimarron-Memorial .
Savannah Blanchard-Davis had 17 points as Mojave’s girls basketball team edged host Pahrump Valley 43-41 on Thursday.
Las Vegas’ girls basketball team was just 5-for-27 from the free-throw line, but made four free throws down the stretch to seal the 37-34 home win over Western on Monday.
Tayah De’Bouck had 22 points, seven rebounds and four steals Saturday to lead Mountain View’s girls basketball team to a 32-29 home win over The Meadows.
Shadow Ridge’s Lauryn Calo poured in 23 points Wednesday to help the Mustangs hold off a fourth-quarter rally from visiting Palo Verde and win 65-62.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada girls basketball coaches poll.
Centennial senior Sam Thomas made an oral commitment to Arizona for women’s basketball on Tuesday.
Maureen Macato scored 18 points Thursday, and Rancho’s girls basketball team overcame a slow start to earn a 56-40 victory over host Coronado and clinch third place in the Southeast League.
Liberty forward Gabby Doxtator didn’t score a single point in the Patriots’ second game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday. The 5-foot-11-inch senior finished with 13 rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocked shots in the Patriots’ 69-43 win over Desert Hills (Utah) at Bishop Gorman.
Alexia Thrower had 28 points and 11 rebounds Friday to help Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team to a 57-38 win over visiting Faith Lutheran.
Three years ago, Bishop Gorman seniors Megan Jacobs, Raychel Stanley and Maddie Washington briefly talked about the possibility of becoming a package deal once college basketball recruiters started coming along.