Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school basketball action.
Basketball
The Centennial senior scored 29 points in a 63-47 win over Bonita Vista (California) in the Nike Tournament of Champions.
Cimarron-Memorial junior guard Heaven Hill scored 19 points and added five rebounds and five steals in a 60-33 win over Bonanza last Friday.
The prestigious Tarkanian Classic high school basketball tournament begins Friday at Bishop Gorman. More than 260 teams will participate in the seven-day event.
Desert Pines senior point guard Destiny Sao-Martinez scored 15 points and had six assists in a 48-41 victory over Desert Oasis on Dec. 6.
The Palo Verde girls basketball team built a solid halftime lead and then held off Silverado in the second half Thursday. Check out photos from the game.
The Desert Pines girls hosted Desert Oasis in a basketball game Tuesday. Here are photos from the game.
Spring Valley sophomore guard Mia Ervin scored 29 points in a win over Las Vegas last week and has been named the Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week.
Spring Valley held off Las Vegas 71-68 in a girls basketball game Thursday behind a big night from sophomore guard Mia Ervin.
Liberty defeated Clark 71-21 in a girls basketball matchup Tuesday night.
New Liberty girls basketball coach Billy Hemberger, who came over from Spring Valley, hopes to help the Patriots compete with heavy favorite Centennial in Class 5A.
Clark outscored Las Vegas 16-2 in the third quarter and cruised from there to win the Class 4A state basketball championship — the Chargers’ first girls title in the sport.
Las Vegas defeated Desert Pines and Clark beat Arbor View on Friday in the Class 4A girls state basketball semifinals at Cox Pavilion. They will play Saturday for the title.
Sixth-seeded Spring Valley upset second-seeded Liberty in double overtime to advance to the Class 5A Southern Region basketball championship game Saturday.