The Mustangs (21-6) overcame a sluggish start by forcing 30 turnovers and extended their season with a victory over the Longhorns in the Mountain Region tournament quarterfinals.
Basketball
Here are the 2018 boys basketball honors, as selected by coaches.
Here are the 2018 girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches.
The Bulldogs return only one starter from last year’s team.
The Bulldogs have won the last three Class 4A state championships.
P.J. Washington and Troy Brown Jr. were two of seven players to score in double figures for the West in its 124-116 over the East in the Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclays Center in New York.
Jaylen Fox had 19 points and helped contain Sierra Vista’s high-scoring Maka Ellis during Faith Lutheran’s 79-70 win in the Class 4A Sunset Region quarterfinals.
Silverado scored the first 11 points of the third quarter and entrusted the lead to its 2-3 zone defense in a 56-47 win over Legacy in the Battle Born Classic at Durango High.
Samantha Thomas hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds to play Saturday to give Centennial’s girls basketball team a 68-65 win over St. Mary’s (California) in Stockton, California.
Nic Maccioni had 24 points Wednesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to to a 90-79 road victory over Arbor View.
The Pahrump Valley girls basketball team took the lead in the game’s final 30 seconds Wednesday and did not allow several would-be game-winners to find the hoop as the Trojans held off host Boulder City for a 27-26 victory.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada boys basketball coaches poll.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada girls basketball coaches poll.
The fifth annual Tarkanian Classic, which has become one of the nation’s preeminent holiday basketball events, opens Thursday with 12 showcase games at Bishop Gorman.
Centennial’s Troy Brown averaged a team-high 23.7 minutes per game for the USA, while recording 10.0 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.9 steals, as the team finished the FIBA World Championships 7-0. It defeated Turkey 96-56 in the gold medal game on July 3.
