BOYS HOOPS: Basha to play Catalina Foothills for Tipoff championship

November 26, 2016 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365


SALPOINTE BOYS TIPOFF TOURNAMENT

Nov. 21-26: Salpointe

 

Friday, Nov. 25

Sierra Linda 54, Rincon/UHS 49

Millennium 55, Ironwood Ridge 50

Cienega 64, Desert Mountain 46

Mesquite 61, Cholla 48

Marcos de Niza 74, Nogales 65

Arcadia 80, Sunnyside 56

 

SEMIFINALS

Catalina Foothills 68, Central 55

Terry Gardner scored 14 points and Jaquan Butler added nine for Central but Sam Beskind scored 21 to lead the Falcons to the championship of the Tipoff Classic. Jared Irwin added 13 points and Spencer Lewis scored 12.

 

Basha 57, Salpointe 30

Basha will face Catalina Foothills in the championship game thanks to a 57-30 win over Salpointe in the other semifinal game. The Lancers led 7-2 early but the Bears erased that lead quickly. Terrell Brown had 16 points and Gabe McGlothan added 10 for Basha. Rylan O’Brien scored nine to lead Salpointe. Majok Deng scored eight points.

 

Saturday, Nov. 26

Rincon/UHS vs. Millennium, 9 a.m.

Ironwood Ridge vs. Sierra Linda, 10:30 a.m.

Cienega vs. Mesquite, Noon

Cholla vs. Desert Mountain, 1:30 p.m.

Nogales vs. Arcadia, 3:30 p.m.

Sunnyside vs. Marcos de Niza, 5 p.m.

 

Third Place Game

Central vs. Salpointe, 6:30 p.m.

 

Championship Game

Catalina Foothills vs. Basha, 8 p.m.