SOMERSET-LOSEE
Head coach: Darrius Banks, first season
2016-17 record: First-year program
Top players: G Maxwell Lewis (So.), G Branden Boltan (Sr.), G Jeremiah Bragg (Sr.)
Outlook: The Lions make their varsity basketball debut this season.
They’re hoping to build and improve throughout the year.
“It’s a very young group, and I’m looking forward to being very competitive in our inaugural season,” Banks said.
The NIAA Realignment Committee gave preliminary approval to realignment proposals for all winter sports, including one affecting 5A basketball.
Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team defeated Spanish Springs to win the Class 4A state championship Saturday night at Cox Pavilion.
Jett Washington, Nevada’s best prep football player and the nephew of Kobe Bryant, helped Bishop Gorman win a second straight state basketball title Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team defeated Mojave on Friday at Cox Pavilion to win its second straight Class 5A state championship.
Defending Class 4A state champion Sierra Vista saw a 14-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle to three, but it held off Clark in the state semifinals Friday.
The Mater East boys and girls basketball teams won Class 3A state titles Friday at Cox Pavilion. The boys defeated Fernley, and the girls edged Virgin Valley.
Mater East started the fourth quarter on a 12-0 run Thursday to erase a deficit and get back to the Class 3A boys basketball state championship game.
No. 2 seed Bishop Gorman built a lead and held off No. 6 Desert Pines in a Class 5A state semifinal Wednesday. The title game is Friday against No. 4 Mojave.
Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team, despite losing standout center Xavion Staton midseason, sits two wins away from defending its Class 4A state championship.
Rivals Mater East and Democracy Prep hope to meet for the 3A boys basketball state championship at Cox Pavilion on Friday.
