Brandon Knight poured in 48 points but Pine Crest couldn't get by Winter Park in an 87-76 loss Friday on ESPN2. Brandon Knight also finished with 42 points, 10 rebounds and three assists but Pine Crest lost on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, 63-62, to Florida Air Academy Tuesday.

Tobias Harris scored 31 points and added 17 rebounds and five blocked shots in Half Hollow Hills West's 94-66 rout of West Babylon on Thursday.

Perry Ellis bounced back from a slow first half to finish with 27 points 15 rebounds and 4 assists in a 73-58 victory for Wichita Heights (KS) over Kapaul Mt. Carmel (KS) on Friday night. Ellis had 7 points and 5 rebounds at the half but exploded for 20 of his 27 in the second half as Heights rolled to victory.

Austin Rivers dropped 41 points on top-ranked senior point guard Brandon Knight and Pine Crest in Winter Park's 87-76 win on Friday.

Stanford-bound forward Anthony Brown poured in 32 points and added 12 rebounds as Ocean View beat Orange Lutheran 83-67 on Saturday at the Nike Extravaganza.

- If the St. Patrick’s Celtics from Elizabeth, N.J. was distracted over possible expulsion from its state boys basketball tournament, they sure didn’t play like it.

If they were trying to make a statement with a resounding 91-64 win over nationally-ranked Taft (Woodlands Hills, Calif.) in the final game of the Nike Extravaganza Saturday night, they sure weren’t talking about it.


Photo by Louis Lopez
Michael Gilchrist goes baseline en route to two more. The Celtics, No. 11 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national rankings, improved to 17-2 with a resounding and impressive victory by outscoring the No. 24 team in the country 32-14 in the third quarter.
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