With its seemingly insurmountable lead fading away and its star player having already fouled out of the game Saturday night, Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team needed someone to save its perfect season.
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Jake Epstein led a balanced scoring attack with 16 points, and The Meadows boys basketball team held off a furious rally by Yerington to earn a 52-50 win in a Division III state semifinal at Sunrise Mountain on Friday.
By now you’ve probably heard about the girls basketball game in Tennessee last week involving two teams intentionally trying to lose.
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Agassi Prep boys basketball coach Trevor Diggs yelled one thing to his team following the national anthem and opening announcements.
The Meadows took advantage of missed shots, foul trouble to build a 19-point lead, then held on for a 58-55 win over Lincoln County in the Division III Southern League semifinals at Spring Valley on Friday.
White Pine junior Debra Kingston waited for the right time to take over against Lincoln County in Friday’s Division III Southern League semifinal at Spring Valley.
Ian Locke’s layup with 7.4 seconds remaining in the game Saturday lifted Mountain View’s boys basketball team to a 63-61 home win over The Meadows in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Deishuan Booker had 32 points and nine assists Friday to lead Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team to a 78-30 home win over Lincoln County.
Hana Resch had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 10 steals on Friday to lead The Meadows to a 53-31 girls basketball win over visiting Lake Mead.
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The Stars, playing without Deishuan Booker, who averages 29.4 points, because of an undisclosed violation of team rules, clinch the No. 1 seed for the Division III Southern playoffs with a 68-63 victory at The Meadows.
Bailey Gosse scored 16 points during a 23-8 second-quarter run that lifted The Meadows girls basketball team to a 60-50 win over visiting Agassi Prep on Saturday.
