Essence Booker scored 28 points and made the game-winning free throws with 13 seconds left to lift Spring Valley to a 67-65 victory over in the Gator Winter Classic’s diamond division championship game on Saturday night,
Basketball
Liberty’s girls basketball team went on a 13-0 run to start the game Friday night en route to its 62-20 victory over Foothill in the Diamond bracket quarterfinals of the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.
Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team fell behind 18-3 early in the second quarter and couldn’t recover in its 54-45 loss to Spanish Springs in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley on Thursday.
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.
Taeha Pankey led all scorers with 16 points Thursday to lead Legacy’s girls basketball team past visiting Shadow Ridge, 46-42.
Spring Valley’s girls basketball team took the lead with 46 seconds to play on Thursday and held on for a 47-45 win over Regis Jesuit (Colorado) in the La Jolla (California) Sweet 16 Tournament.
Liberty posted a 4-0 record and beat Coronado in the championship game to secure the Liberty Invitational crown on Saturday afternoon.
Despite missing three post players, Coronado’s girls basketball team turned in a full team effort in its 62-16 win over Valley in the Liberty Invitational on Friday.
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Yemiyah Morris finished with 29 points and 13 rebounds, and host Canyon Springs survived a huge game from Green Valley’s Brooke Haney to pull out a 68-66 overtime win in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A Sunrise Region tournament.
Las Vegas High’s Teconna Dyer scored 12 points Tuesday, and the Wildcats made 17 of 21 free throws to hang on for a 44-36 home win over Valley.
Rancho’s Kyndal Ricks scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Rams girls basketball team to a 42-33 win at Valley on Wednesday.
Arbor View’s Autumn Westmoreland scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Aggies girls basketball team hang on for a 55-52 home win over Shadow Ridge on Friday.
Sierra Shaw scored nine points to lead Chaparral’s girls basketball team to a 28-24 road win over Del Sol on Thursday.
Las Vegas High’s Teconna Dyer provided two layups and a free throw in the final minute to lift the Wildcats’ girls basketball team to a 33-29 home win over Rancho on Tuesday.