Hoover (Ala.) did not score a point in the second or third quarter on Friday, but still emerged with an 18-15 boys basketball victory over Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.) The score was tied at 11 entering the fourth period.
Hoover has a 25-3 record and is ranked No. 3 in Class 6A, while Oak Mountain fell to 3-18.
*Senior guard
Casey Kasperbauer poured in 47 points - 17 in the fourth quarter - to lead
Carroll (Iowa) to an 84-70 victory over Winterset (Iowa). It is the second-highest total in the state this season, according to the Des Moines Register. The University of South Dakota recruit drilled eight 3-pointers and all 11 free throw opportunities.
*Jake Burger made an off-balance, 3-point bank shot at the buzzer to give
Holy Cross (Covington, Ky.) a stunning 52-51 victory over Bardstown (Ky.) in the championship game of the Touchstone Energy All-A Classic on Sunday in Frankfort, Ky. The small-school state champs will get another title shot later this year when all schools enter the overall state tournament.
Burger finished with 18 points and MVP honors, while 6-foot-8 Antonio Campbell had 12 points and 14 rebounds.
The loss was especially crushing to the Tigers, because
Anthony Myrks had given them a 51-49 lead on a driving layup with just two seconds left.
The girls All-A state title was claimed by
Walton-Verona (Walton, Ky.) with a 38-36 overtime victory against Central Catholic (Newport, Ky.).
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Michelle Miller scored 31 points in just three quarters as
Poly (Pasadena, Calif.) routed
Rio Hondo Prep (Arcadia, Calif.) 74-20. She now has 3,097 career points, which is No. 2 in CIF Southern Section history. She trails only Cheryl Miller, who finished her storied prep career with 3,446 points.
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Candace Brown scored 45 points to lead
Summers County (Hinton, W. Va.) to a 62-60 victory over PikeView (Princeton, W.Va.).
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Seward (Neb.) extended the nation's longest current girls basketball winning streak to 91 games with a 71-29 rout of Northwest (Grand Island, Neb.). Beth Bohuslavsky scored 23 points and led a devastating defense with nine steals.
