VEGAS INVITE: Mountain View girls hold on for win

Mountain View’s A’Riane Holliday hadn’t made a basket before the fourth quarter on Thursday.

But she made the most of some key opportunities.

Moapa Valley cut Mountain View’s lead to one point twice in the fourth quarter, but both times Holliday came through with a strong driving layup to push the lead back to three, and the Saints held on for a 43-35 win for fifth place at the Vegas Invitational at Mountain View.

“She’s a difficult person to guard,” Mountain View coach Mike Valenzuela said. “She’s so strong, and once she gets the ball in the paint, either something glorious is going to happen or something ridiculous. Tonight, she hit two big buckets.”

Holiday added another basket to make it 37-33 and drained a pair of free throws with 26 seconds left to help seal the win.

The Saints were 3-for-17 from the foul line before going 4-for-5 in the final 28 seconds.

“We wanted to get to the free-throw line despite missing free throws, despite missing layups,”

Valenzuela said. “If you attack the rim, good things happen. When you get free throws and layups, I’ll take that any day.”

Briana Marruffo led Mountain View with 17 points and nine rebounds.

“When we need a tough basket, she understands that’s her responsibility and not to defer to anybody else,” Valenzuela said. “... She’s not scared this year. She’s really coming into her own as a scorer.”

Patrice Marshall added 10 points and five steals, and Holliday had nine points and 10 rebounds. Katelyn Krebs grabbed 14 rebounds for the Saints.

Moapa Valley’s Ashley Noto had 12 points, and teammate Amanda Campbell had 11 points and 21 rebounds.

Shaylynn Couse had 11 rebounds and Shelbie Denman-Gray nine rebounds and four blocked shots for the Pirates.

Needles 48, Pahranagat Valley 46 — Gena Chavira’s basket with 10 seconds left gave the Mustangs the win over the Panthers in the consolation championship.

Chavira had 23 points, seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocked shots. She hit six 3-pointers.

Needles led 46-44 before Pahranagat Valley’s Halie Lewis hit a pair of free throws to tie the game with 1:56 to play.

Needles had a chance to take the lead with 47 seconds to go, but Abby Chandler missed a pair of free throws.

Lewis had 16 points and six rebounds to lead the Panthers. Kimberly Lewis added nine points and 10 rebounds, and Dakota Day had eight points and 14 boards for Pahranagat Valley.

Western 47, River Valley (Ariz.) 36 — Brandi Jackson scored 12 points to help the Warriors beat the Dust Devils.

Naz Lockett added eight points for Western, which led 19-10 after one quarter.

Sharon Smith led River Valley with 11 points.

Agassi Prep 43, Clark 36 — The Stars held the Chargers scoreless in overtime to earn the win.

Agassi’s Kayla Johnson had 20 points, and teammate Alannah Conway scored 17.

Michelle Garcia led Clark with 16 points, and Angelena Cook scored 10 for the Chargers.

Fairmont Prep (Calif.) 39, Calvary Chapel 17 — Samantha Sudoko had 20 points to lead the Huskies over the Lions.

Phallen Nelson scored 12 for Calvary Chapel.

Sunrise Mountain 47, Lake Mead 39 — Jasmine Jones had 19 points to lead the Miners past the Eagles.

Shannon Reagan led three Lake Mead players in double figures with 13 points. Taylor Badua-Kono scored 12 and Colleen Zumaran 10 for the Eagles.

Western 62, Clark 33 — Lockett scored 15 points as the Warriors routed the Chargers.

Jackson had 12 points, and Mylasia Smith scored 10 for Western.