Caleb Roston nailed a 3-pointer from the corner with 3.8 seconds remaining in the fourth overtime to lift Rancho past Legacy in a Class 4A state quarterfinal.
Boys Basketball
Durango defeated Bishop Gorman in the Class 5A Southern League semifinals Thursday, securing a spot in the state tournament and ending the Gaels’ run of state trips.
Liberty junior point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 23 points as the No. 1-seeded Patriots rolled past No. 4 Coronado in a Class 5A Southern League semifinal Thursday.
The Bishop Gorman boys basketball team trailed most of the second half but rallied to defeat Desert Pines 61-56 in a Class 5A Southern League quarterfinal matchup Tuesday night.
Coronado’s Sebastian Mack was 17-for-22 from the line to help the fourth-seeded Cougars to a 70-61 home win over fifth-seed Arbor View in the Class 5A Southern League quarterfinals.
Arbor View sophomore forward Brian Townsend scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Aggies to a 78-41 road win over Palo Verde on Thursday.
The Boulder City boys basketball team won its appeal Monday afternoon after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association originally ruled it would have to forfeit 16 games for using an ineligible player.
The times, dates and opponents for all of this week’s boys and girls high school basketball playoff games.
Liberty is the favorite in the highly-competitive 5A, and Mojave is the clear favorite in 4A. The high school boys basketball playoffs begin Tuesday for 5A, 4A and 3A.
Check out the scores and top performances form Thursday’s high school basketball action.
Durango outlasted Coronado in double overtime in the regular-season finale. The seedings are now set for the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs.
The Class 5A, 4A and 2A state championship games will be played Feb. 25 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Cox Pavilion will host the state semifinals.
Check out the scores and top performances from Wednesday’s high school basketball action.
Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school basketball action.
Valley sophomore guard Kevan Wilkins scored 27 points to lead the Vikings to a 70-63 home win over Legacy Tuesday night. The Vikings are in sole possession of first place of the 4A Mountain League.
