The Durango boys basketball team nearly overcame a 16-point deficit, but lost to Bishop Gorman on Friday after former coach Chad Beeten resigned earlier this week.
Schools
Arbor View turned up the pressure on defense on the way to a 45-34 win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Shadow Ridge sophomore guard Jalen Butler averaged 18.3 points per game last week in the Mustangs’ three wins at the Golden Crown Holiday Tip-Off tournament in San Diego.
Here are the top five high school state boys basketball championship games from the 2000s, as selected by the Review-Journal staff.
Antonio McCoy pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds to help the Mountain Lions to a 77-51 win over Moapa Valley to move into the semifinals of the Vegas Invitational at Mountain View.
Boulder City’s boys basketball team placed four players in double figures Monday and edged host Bonanza, 59-57.
Virgin Valley three-sport athlete Jayden Perkins won the Male Athlete of the Year
Liberty senior Cameron Burist is playing AAU basketball for Vegas Elite this spring as an unsigned senior and hopes to earn the Division I scholarship offer that has eluded him.
Jamal Bey scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half on Saturday as Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team earned a 55-48 win over Fairfax (California) at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana, California.
Eldorado’s boys basketball team hit seven of its 10 3-pointers in the first half, and Jonathan Thomas scored 19 points as the Sundevils held off visiting Del Sol 67-64 in a nonconference game Wednesday night.
Bryce Jones hit a go-ahead layup with 10 seconds to go in overtime to lift Valley’s boys basketball team to a 51-48 home win over Western.
Adrianna Jones scored 22 points, and Western’s girls basketball team held off Valley for a 51-47 road victory on Wednesday night.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
James Camp finished with 21 points, and Palo Verde’s boys basketball team used a big third quarter en route to a 70-58 victory over visiting Legacy on Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s Chuck O’Bannon nailed two long 3-pointers in the final four minutes as the Gaels held off host Clark, 70-63.
