Cottrell, a 6-foot-10-inch prototypical modern big man, is set to attend three prestigious, invite-only national camps this month, and will compete in front of NBA scouts and personnel against some of the nation’s best players.
Basketball
Centennial’s boys basketball team scored 16 points in overtime Wednesday to earn a 74-68 road victory over Palo Verde.
Teionni McDaniel had 19 points Thursday as Cheyenne’s girls basketball team held on for a 64-49 road win over Western.
After playing from behind all game, Alaysia Reed hit a buzzer-beater to give the Arbor View girls basketball team a 50-49 road win against Cimarron-Memorial.
A look at some of the top performances from the week of Jan. 22-27.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
UNLV picked up a commitment from Clark High School’s Trey Woodbury, a four-star recruit. He is the first commitment of the Rebels’ 2018 class.
Findlay Prep was 14-for-35 from the free-throw line, including two misses with 5.8 seconds that could have given the team the lead, in a 54-52 loss to La Lumiere (Indiana) in semifinals of the Dick’s High School Nationals Tournament at Christ the King High in New York.
Trey Woodbury and Jalen Hill combined for 20 fourth-quarter points as No. 2 Clark rallied for a 68-62 road win over top-ranked Bishop Gorman.
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.
Christopher Hawkins poured in 24 points to lift Canyon Springs’ boys basketball team to an 81-65 win over visiting Eldorado on Tuesday.
Aaron Augustin hit a floater in the lane with 11.4 seconds to go Thursday as the sixth-seeded Miller Grove (Georgia) basketball team upset No. 3 seed Findlay Prep 67-65 in the quarterfinals of the National High School Invitational at Christ the King High School in New York.
Tommy Kuhse went 7-for-9 on 3-pointers and had 27 points Thursday to help Mountain View (Ariz.) down Clark’s boys basketball team, 64-55 in the VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge in Mesa, Ariz.
Lynnae Wilds scored the go-ahead basket with two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, and Spring Valley’s supporting cast carried them to a 62-56 victory over host Green Valley in the championship game on Wednesday night.