Girls hoops: Arizona posts 8-7 mark 1st day at Nike TOC

December 19, 2015 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Arizona schools won 8 of 15 games on the opeing day of the 18th annual Nike Tournament of Champions Girls Basketball Invite in contests played in Gilbert and Phoenix. Games in Gilbert are at Campo Verde HS, Highland HS and Mesquite HS. Games in Phoenix are at the Kroc Center.

Arizona schools are competing in four of the six brackets (Black, Gold, Diamond and Mike Desper). Results by bracket -- BLACK -- Gilbert and Liberty won; Chandler, Betty Fairfax and Basha lost. DIAMOND -- Perry and Westview won. GOLD -- Valley Vista, Xavier Prep, Chaparral won; Red Mountain, South Mountain and Corona del Sol lost. MIKE DESPER -- Hamilton won and Mesquite lost.

Here are times and locations for Arizona teams' games for Saturday Dec. 19:

BLACK -- 10 a.m. -- Betty Fairfax vs. Basha at Campo Verde; 11:30 a.m. -- Gilbert vs. Horizon (CO) at Mesquite; 1 p.m. -- Liberty vs. Pine Creek (CO) at Mesquite;  5:30 p.m. -- Chandler vs. Horizon Christian (CA) at Mesquite. GOLD -- 10 a.m. -- South Mountain vs. Windsor (CA) at Kroc Center; 11:30 a.m. -- Red Mountain vs. Wilson (OR) at Kroc Center; 1 p.m.. -- Corona del Sol vs. St. Paul (CA) at Kroc Center; 2:30 pm. -- Valley Vista vs. Fairmont Prep (CA) at Campo Verde; 4 p.m -- Chaparral vs. Cherry Creek (CO) at Campo Verde; 5:30 p.m. -- Xavier vs. Huntington Beach (CA) at Campo Verde. MIKE DESPER -- 1 p.m. -- Hamilton vs. Bishop McNamara (MD) at Campo Verde; 4 p.m. -- Mesquite vs. West Campus (CA) at Highland. DIAMOND --  11:30 a.m. -- Westview vs. Marlborough (CA) at Kroc Center; Perry vs. Amador Valley (CA) at Kroc Center.