Chrys Jackson scored 26 points to help the Rancho boys basketball team overturn a 22-9 first-quarter deficit and down host Las Vegas 69-61 on Tuesday.
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Jonathan Tendale scored eight of Chaparral’s 14 points in overtime to lead the Cowboys’ boys basketball team to a 71-66 road victory over Virgin Valley on Friday.
Las Vegas battled back from as many as 16 points down in the second half Tuesday but couldn’t find an answer for Trevin Knell and lost 69-58 to Woods Cross (Utah) in the third-place game of the Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Faith Lutheran gave up an 18-6 scoring run at the end of the first half and couldn’t get enough stops late in a 73-61 loss to ThunderRidge (Colorado) in the winner’s bracket of the Tarkanian Classic Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Clark went cold from the field against nationally ranked Chino Hills (California) and saw a 10-point lead turn into a 91-87 loss in the opening round of the Platinum Division at the Tarkanian Classic.
The fifth annual Tarkanian Classic, which has become one of the nation’s preeminent holiday basketball events, opens Thursday with 12 showcase games at Bishop Gorman.
Demetrius Valdez hit six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 37 points on Friday to rally Durango’s boys basketball team to a 76-63 win over visiting Desert Oasis.
Trevon Abdullah-Booker had 31 points Monday to lead the Desert Pines boys basketball team to a 73-61 home victory over Basic.
Bishop Gorman could not hold a fourth-quarter lead and allowed two players to score at least 30 points in a Friday night home loss to Santa Margarita (Calif.), 83-78.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state boys basketball teams.
Follow the link for postseason boys basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Troy Brown scored 14 of his game-high 30 points in the third quarter, and Centennial pulled away for a 65-48 win over Durango in the Division I Sunset Region semifinals.
Desert Oasis’ Taiga Miyano knocked down two 3-pointers in the first 1:02, helping the Diamondbacks open the game on a 15-2 run, and they rolled to an 87-65 win over visiting Legacy in the Division I Sunset Region quarterfinals.
The latest boys basketball coaches poll.
The latest boys basketball coaches poll.