Julian Strawther scored 14 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter to spark Liberty to a 71-66 victory over Coronado, which won the league title on the tiebreaker.
Basketball
Cimarron-Memorial’s Isaiah Armstrong made a basket with four seconds to play to seal a 62-59 home basketball win over Las Vegas High on Monday.
Kamari Burnside scored five points in the final 1:30, and his alley-oop to Desert Oasis teammate Jacob Heese with 11 seconds to play sealed the Sunset Region’s 115-110 win over the Sunrise.
Senior Cameron Burist scored a game-high 15 second-half points to help Liberty knock off the four-time defending league champion Coronado and secure a 69-61 road victory Wednesday.
Foothill’s Keilani Brown scored 13 points Wednesday as the Falcons defeated host Basic 56-39 to secure the Southeast League’s No. 2 playoff seed.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
The Cougars scored 27 points in the third quarter on the way to a 76-46 home rout of the Falcons that clinched the Southeast League for Coronado’s third straight league title.
Samara Miller had 15 points, and Brooke Haney added 14 points, as Green Valley’s girls basketball team defeated host Basic 62-50 on Tuesday to clinch a postseason berth.
Akeemis Williams connected on four 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 19 points on Saturday, and Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team opened the game on a 19-0 run en route to a 70-34 home victory over Mountain View.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada boys basketball coaches poll.
Coronado made a furious fourth-quarter comeback, but it fell just short, and Bishop Gorman held on for a 75-71 home win in a rematch of last season’s state title game.
Jesse Vogel scored 20 points, and Arbor View’s boys basketball team edged visiting Cimarron-Memorial 63-61 on Thursday.
Shelby Clark’s layup with three minutes to play Thursday sparked an 8-0 run and helped Green Valley’s girls basketball team to a 56-49 win over visiting Rancho in a Division I Southeast League game.
Coronado’s boys basketball team didn’t get caught up in the rivalry against Green Valley on Wednesday night.
