Coronado and Bishop Gorman will play for the Class 5A boys basketball state title at 7 p.m. Friday after the teams were victorious in their state semifinals Thursday.
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The top four Class 5A boys basketball teams — Coronado, Liberty, Bishop Gorman and Arbor View — will play for the state title Thursday and Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Liberty senior forward Andre Porter, a UNLV football commit, scored 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Patriots defeat Bishop Gorman on Friday.
Coronado led early and rolled to a home win over Bishop Gorman at the Big City Showdown on Saturday. The Centennial girls also earned a big victory over Gorman.
Bishop Gorman and Coronado’s boys basketball teams play at 8 p.m. Saturday to highlight the seven-game schedule at this year’s Big City Showdown at Coronado.
The race for the Class 5A boys basketball state title is wide open, with contenders across the league, including Bishop Gorman, Liberty, Coronado and Arbor View.
Centennial, the eight-time defending state champion, will seek to keep its title streak alive without three starters as the high school girls basketball season begins.
Liberty point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 26 points as the Patriots whipped Bishop Gorman on the road in a rematch of last year’s Class 5A state title game.
Liberty plays at Bishop Gorman on Wednesday night in a rematch of last season’s Class 5A state basketball championship game won by the Patriots.
Dedan Thomas, the top-ranked 2024 Nevada basketball player, according to ESPN, showed in a tournament last week that he could score as well as run an offense.
Liberty only beat Bishop Gorman once in four tries, but it came in an overtime classic that netted the Patriots their first boys basketball state championship.
Liberty shocked Bishop Gorman in overtime to win the Class 5A boys state basketball championship, ending the Gaels’ nine-year run of titles and their bid to finish undefeated.
Bishop Gorman cruised past Spanish Springs and Liberty whipped Douglas, and they will meet for the fourth time — with the Class 5A state basketball title on the line.
Bishop Gorman, 29-0 and favored to win its 10th consecutive state basketball championship, will play Spanish Springs on Friday in the Class 5A tournament in Reno.
Darrion Williams scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to spark Bishop Gorman past Liberty in the Class 5A Southern Region boys basketball championship game.