Utah forward Donnie Tillman, formerly of Findlay Prep, will transfer to UNLV, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
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The power forward, ranked No. 63 in the junior class by ESPN, announced his commitment via Twitter on Thursday night.
Cole Anthony, son of former UNLV star Greg Anthony, played his penultimate high school game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, scoring 25 points in the Jordan Brand Classic.
Haley Jones, Francesca Belibi and Asheten Prechtel, who will become teammates at Stanford this year, flashed their camaraderie on and off the court in the final game of their high school careers.
More than 40 of the nation’s best boys and girls high school basketball players have congregated in Las Vegas to showcase their abilities in the 19th annual Jordan Brand Classic.
Liberty junior Julian Strawther, a consensus four-star forward ranked by ESPN as the No. 36 prospect in his class, announced his commitment to Gonzaga via Twitter on Thursday.
Trinity International’s Daishen Nix, a 6-foot-5-inch point guard, will join 54 of the nation’s top high school players at the three-day USA Basketball junior national team training camp in Minneapolis.
Officials at American Preparatory Academy said they knew about Dave Bliss’ sordid past at Baylor University when they hired him as the charter school’s athletic director and basketball coach.
Senior guard Lainey Cornwall scored a game-high 20 points and made two free throws with 3.8 seconds left to help Moapa Valley cement a 43-38 victory over Lowry in the Class 3A state semifinals Friday at Orleans Arena.
The Bulldogs became the first Class 4A girls program to win five consecutive state championships Friday with a 78-47 victory over Bishop Gorman at Orleans Arena.
Bishop Gorman defeated Spanish Springs 54-38 and Centennial rolled past Desert Oasis 79-48 on Friday in the semifinals of the Class 4A girls state basketball tournament at Orleans Arena.
Bishop Gorman coasted to a 49-18 victory over Canyon Springs, and Desert Oasis rolled past Reno 66-32 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state basketball tournament at Arbor View High School.
The Mountain Region champion Bulldogs coasted to an 86-51 victory over Desert Region champion Bishop Gorman on Monday in the Southern Nevada championship game.
Bishop Gorman edged Desert Oasis 41-39 in the Desert Region championship game Saturday at Foothill, and Centennial whipped Canyon Springs 70-25 in the Mountain Region final at Legacy.
Desert Pines will meet Arbor View on Saturday for the Mountain Region championship. Seven-time defending state champion Bishop Gorman will play Clark in the Desert Region title game.