Dreuna Edwards scored 14 of her game-high 21 points in overtime to lead Libertys girls basketball team to a 62-54 victory over Valor Christian (Colorado) in the title game of the Tarkanian Classic at Durango on Saturday.
Girls Basketball
Taeha Pankey scored six of her 15 points in overtime Friday as the Legacy girls basketball team edged Juneau-Douglas (Alaska) in the Tarkanian Classic at Liberty.
Dajaah Lightfoot and Eliyjah Pricebrooks each scored 14 Thursday to boost Desert Oasis girls basketball team to a 69-53 win over Southwest DeKalb (Georgia) in the Tarkanian Classic at Durango.
Senior Essence Booker scored a game-high 28 points, and a run of 23 unanswered points catapulted the Grizzlies to a 67-42 victory over Mt. Eden (California) in the opening round of the Tarkanian Classic at Liberty High School.
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.
Kyndal Ricks scored a game-high 20 points for Rancho’s girls basketball team Wednesday, and the Rams held Westerm scoreless in the second quarter en route to the 39-27 road victory.
Shania Harper had 14 points and 16 rebounds to power Sierra Vista’s girls basketball team to a 60-52 home win over Canyon Springs on Monday.
Tyler Tuiasosopo, 27, was hired by Western last month and provides instant name recognition for a team that hasn’t won a game on the field since 2010.
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Trisa Butler scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter Wednesday to build a 10-point lead, and the second-seeded Jaguars held on for a 31-25 home win over No. 3 Boulder City in the Class 3A Southern Region girls basketball quarterfinals.
Casey Proctor scored 12 points on Thursday night to lead the Faith Lutheran girls basketball team to a 42-26 road victory over Legacy.
Samara Miller had 15 points, and Brooke Haney added 14 points, as Green Valley’s girls basketball team defeated host Basic 62-50 on Tuesday to clinch a postseason berth.
Adrianna Jones drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer Wednesday to give the Western girls basketball a 43-40 home win over Sunrise Mountain.
Niara Smith had 24 points, and Cimarron-Memorial outscored host Arbor View 8-4 in the second overtime to earn a 60-56 girls basketball victory on Monday.
For the second consecutive game Western’s girls basketball team went on the road and left with a win by the slimmest of margins, defeating host Mojave 33-32 Thursday night.
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