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.