Samantha Thomas, a junior who transferred from Marian High in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with her sister Bailey prior to this season, scored 31 points as host Centennial routed Reno, 91-56 in the title game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
Basketball
Las Vegas didn’t make its first basket of the second half until 3:02 remained in the game, but still rallied to top visiting Rancho 50-49 for third place in the Las Vegas Prep Championship. Woodbridge (Calif.) beat El Toro (Calif.) 44-43 in the championship game.
Centennial’s girls basketball team had plenty of chances to just relax Tuesday.
Mitchell Rausch scored 16 points, and Woodbridge topped host Las Vegas 57-48 in the semifinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship.
Karen Weitz has had some outstanding teams in her 17 seasons as Centennial’s girls basketball coach.
But the group Weitz has assembled this year may end up being her best.
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.
In its first three attempts at winning the Tarkanian Classic title, Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team was turned away by some of the nation’s top players.
It was Overland (Colo.) senior De’Ron Davis’ turn to deny the Gaels on Saturday.
Carlos Johnson loves the challenge that comes with defending the opposing team’s best player.
Durango went nearly six minutes without scoring in the second half, and the cold spell proved costly in a 51-44 loss to Lynwood (Calif.) in the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman.
Charles O’Bannon had a team-high 20 points, and host Bishop Gorman held Timpview (Utah) scoreless for more than eight minutes in the first half en route to a 73-62 victory in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic.
Paul Galang scored 27 of his 32 points in the second half Tuesday as Tech’s boys basketball team broke a 36-game losing streak with a 74-57 home win over Boulder City.
Destiny Gonzalez poured in 26 points Tuesday to lead Western’s girls basketball team to a 50-34 win over visiting Sierra Vista.
Las Vegas led by as much as 19 points, then held off host Rancho for a 67-62 victory, the team’s first of the season.
Jaylen Fox’s three-point play with less than 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter gave Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team the lead, and the visiting Crusaders held on for a 54-53 victory over Canyon Springs on Friday.
Alexia Thrower had 28 points and 11 rebounds Friday to help Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team to a 57-38 win over visiting Faith Lutheran.