Steven Adeyemi and Trevor White scored 14 points apiece Tuesday to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball clinch its first playoff berth in school history with a 62-49 home win over Mojave.
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Cris Dominguez hit a buzzer-beater to give Basic’s boys basketball team a 68-67 home win over Liberty on Thursday.
Jalen Malone tipped in Reggie Ingram’s miss with a second left in overtime Friday to give Eldorado’s boys basketball team a 68-67 home victory over Mojave.
Arbor View’s Autumn Westmoreland scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Aggies girls basketball team hang on for a 55-52 home win over Shadow Ridge 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.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
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.
Alaexiah Moore had 11 points, and Ejanae Coopwood scored 10 as the Cheyenne girls basketball team nipped host Las Vegas 55-53 in a game that had 60 free-throw attempts.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Demarco Alexander scored 28 points, and teammate Kamakana Winquist drained a 3-pointer from the right corner at the buzzer to lift the Spartans to a 65-62 road win over Cheyenne on Tuesday.
Dayonna Maddox scored 15 points and Canyon Springs’ girls basketball rallied in the second half to defeat host Faith Lutheran 54-42 on Tuesday.
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.
Follow the link for postseason girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Before I can graduate, there’s some basketball to discuss. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association boys and girls state tournaments are in Reno this week, and I took a break from writing my book about the 2015 football season (“The Year of the Butt Punt”) to make the trip north and check out all the action.
Luke Bergen scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer from the right wing with eight seconds to go Friday to lift Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to a 73-72 win over visiting Mojave.
Brynlee Wadsworth scored 15 points, and Kristal Jackson added 11 points and 10 rebounds to help host Lincoln County’s girls basketball team clinch the Division III Southern League title with a 56-44 win over Agassi Prep on Friday in Panaca.