Melanie Isbell scored 20 points, including a back-breaking 3-pointer in the third quarter. She led four double-digit scorers as Centennial cruised to a 75-45 victory over Spring Valley in the Sunset Region title game at Legacy.
Basketball
Spring Valley’s girls basketball team controlled Thursday’s semifinal game from the opening whistle. Essence Booker scored 17 points and Kayla Harris nearly had a double-double to propel the Grizzlies over Bishop Gorman, 56-44 at Legacy.
Here are the 2018 girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches.
Bishop Gorman’s girls basketball team led by as many as 14 points in the fourth quarter, but Cimarron-Memorial tied it with 1.2 seconds left to force overtime. Caira Young had a pair of buckets in the extra period, and helped her Gaels win 75-73 on the road in the quarterfinals of the Sunset Region playoffs.
Ella Zanders had 13 points on Thursday as second-ranked Spring Valley defeated visiting Desert Oasis 64-50 to lock up the Southwest League girls basketball title.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
Clark’s Julia Reid had 10 points and 15 rebounds as the Chargers rallied for a 42-37 home win over Sierra Vista on Tuesday.
Jeanette Fine had 12 points and 10 rebounds Thursday to lead the Canyon Springs girls basketball geam to a 48-22 home victory over Valley.