After missing all six of his shots in the first half, Dylan Hushaw scored 17 second-half points to help Foothill beat the Skyhawks 69-61 in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Basketball
Alexis Lea scored 10 points, including 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final 40 seconds, to help Basic’s girls basketball team secure a 45-41 home victory over Boulder City on Tuesday night.
Jonathan Thomas scored a game-high 23 points to lead Eldorado’s boys basketball team to a 75-65 victory over Santa Fe (Calif.) in theLas Vegas Prep Championship on Wednesday afternoon.
Green Valley finished 26.5 percent shooting from the field, including 1-for-11 in the third quarter, to allow visiting Beverly Hills (California) to pull away from a 21-all halftime score and claim a 52-39 victory in the Gator Winter Classic.
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Isabelle Meza scored the game-winning basket with nine seconds remaining Friday to lift Pahrump Valley’s girls basketball team to a 35-33 win over visiting Boulder City.
Samuel Porras hit 8 of 9 shots in the second half and scored 21 of his 30 points after halftime to lead Chaparral to a 65-59 win over Galena in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Zach Friel scored seven points in overtime Wednesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to a 62-52 road win over Mojave.
Lauryn Calo led a balanced attack with nine points Wednesday as Shadow Ridge’s girls basketball team held on to defeat host Durango, 42-37.
Foothill went on a 10-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to get back into the game on the way to a 56-49 win over Legacy in the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Katey Roquemore scored 21 of her 24 points in the final three quarters to help Foothill’s girls basketball team overcome an early 13-4 deficit and pull away for a 57-38 win over Faith Lutheran in the Liberty Invitational on Friday at Liberty.
Grant Dressler poured in 29 points, and Palo Verde’s boys basketball team nailed four straight free throws in the final minute to edge visiting Durango 79-75 on Tuesday.
Sunrise Mountain’s Nina Carpenter scored 15 points Tuesday and the Miners withstood a fourth-quarter rally to hang on for a 37-34 road win at Desert Pines.
With eight minutes to play Saturday, Las Vegas High’s boys basketball team was cruising to an easy win to capture its pool in the Las Vegas Prep Championship.
The Durango girls basketball team hasn’t done much since its last game on Dec. 16, and the rustiness showed in the first half Saturday.