Silverado’s Collie comes through

In early December, Silverado's Wade Collie stepped to the foul line late against Bonanza with a chance to give his team the lead. He failed, missing the front end of a one-and-one.

Collie didn't let it happen again Friday. The junior made two free throws with seven seconds left to give the Skyhawks a 69-67 home victory over Liberty.

"Since then, I've been really working on my free throws," Collie said, referring to the 80-78 overtime loss to Bonanza. "I'm never going to lose another game because of my free throws."

The victory left the Skyhawks (17-6) in a first-place tie with Foothill (18-7) in the Southeast Division at 10-1. Liberty (17-8) is a game back at 9-2. Silverado will play at Foothill on Friday to close out the regular season.

"The only way we're losing first place is if we lose," Collie said. "So it depends on how bad we want it. And we don't plan on losing to anybody."

Collie scored 10 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, and he also had 11 rebounds. His heroics came after Liberty tied the game at 67 on a rebound basket by Justin King with 38 seconds left.

Silverado called timeout with 14.5 seconds left, got the ball to Collie in the backcourt, and he tried to take the ball to the basket against Milos Knezevic, the Patriots' 6-foot-8-inch center. Knezevic was whistled for a foul, and Collie hit both free throws for the final margin.

Liberty's Cameron Peters rimmed out a potentially tying jumper from the foul line and Collie snagged the rebound to seal the win.

Liberty led the entire first half as Silverado shot 2-for-13 on 3-pointers. But the Skyhawks heated up in the third quarter, making four 3s, including Joe Spero's heave from three-quarters court to end the quarter, giving Silverado a 54-51 lead.

"That was the first time I've ever seen a buzzer-beater past halfcourt in person," Collie said. "That was amazing. The crowd went crazy. It sparked us up and got us hyped."

Ali Sabra had 16 points and six assists for Silverado, and Jimmy McMurrin scored 14 points, all in the second half.

King led Liberty with 20 points and 15 rebounds.

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Shaw led the Jaguars with 16 points, and Pierre Jackson had 14 points and 11 assists.

Curtis Malone led the Sundevils with 28 points.

• Foothill 58, Basic 51 -- At Basic, Earl Jones scored 18 points to lead the Falcons.

Josh Ross paced the Wolves with 20 points.

• Green Valley 90, Del Sol 62 -- At Green Valley, Josh McCarver scored 20 points to lead six Gators in double figures.

Cody Aughney scored 13 points and Julian Franklin 12 for Green Valley.

Maurice Lawson scored 17 points and Damien Lujan 16 to lead the Dragons.

• Canyon Springs 78, Rancho 53 -- At Rancho, Deremy Geiger scored 27 points and Terrance Stanley 14 to lead the Pioneers.

Dijon Bowman scored 25 points for the Rams.

• Bishop Gorman 77, Bonanza 59 -- At Bonanza, Kylel Coleman shot 8-for-8 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to help the Gaels pull away.

Coleman finished with 24 points and Quintin Dailey scored 13 for the Gaels, who led by four with five minutes left.

Matt Andrews scored 14 points and Ryan Kelly 13 for Bonanza.

• Valley 58, Chaparral 56 -- At Valley, Cordero Harris scored 23 points, and the Vikings survived a rally by the Cowboys.

Tyler Bryant and Cardale Spencer each had 15 points to lead Chaparral, which trailed by five in the closing seconds. A 3-pointer by Spencer and a steal gave the Cowboys a chance to tie the game, but they misfired twice.

• Spring Valley 83, Sierra Vista 65 -- At Spring Valley, Ronnie Norsworthy scored 23 points and Tenacious Gibson 21 to lead the Grizzlies over the Lions.

Eric Dyer scored 15 for Spring Valley. Josh McLain led Sierra Vista with 22 points.

• Boulder City 50, Faith Lutheran 47 -- At Boulder City, Joey Western had 19 points as the Eagles beat the Crusaders.

Jeremy Smith added 10 points for Boulder City. Diontea Wright paced Faith Lutheran with 23 points.

• Trinity 48, Pahranagat Valley 34 -- At Trinity, Budweiser Hawkins scored 14 points and Travis Kersenbrock 10 as Trinity cruised.

• Calvary Chapel 67, Laughlin 34 -- At Calvary Chapel, Tony Pfeiffer had 15 points, and the Lions outscored Laughlin 40-17 in the second half.

Chase Lopez added 10 points for Calvary Chapel.

• Lake Mead 96, Mountain View 51 -- At Lake Mead, Landon Littlefield scored 29 points, and the Eagles sprinted to a 67-20 halftime lead on the way to their 26th win.

Justyn Anderson scored 14 for the Saints.

• Needles (Calif.) 69, The Meadows 65 -- At The Meadows, Darra Russell scored 24 points to lead Needles.

Graham Hilts led The Meadows with 27 points. Jon Chino scored 17.

• Pahrump Valley 53, Virgin Valley 45 -- At Pahrump, Shaun Johnson had 19 points as the Trojans topped the Bulldogs.

Alex Anderson scored 13 for Pahrump. Anthony Morris led Virgin Valley with 16 points.