Ranked No. 1 and No. 4 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 high school basketball rankings, respectively,
Columbus (Miami, Fla.) and
Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) completed historic runs to winning their fourth consecutive state championships in the highest classification of their states, becoming the 53rd and 54th teams to accomplish that feat.
Koa Peat played through a broken shooting hand in the state semifinals and title game, producing a team-high 20 points for Perry in a 63-44 win over
Sunnyslope (Phoenix) in Arizona's Open Division title game.
Cameron Boozer paced Columbus with 20 points and nine rebounds in a blowout of
Windermere that saw a running clock in the third and fourth quarters.
A pair of upsets in the Lone Star State saw previous No. 4
Brennan (San Antonio) and No. 8
Allen go down in the state semifinals while newly-minted No. 15
Duncanville claimed its third state championship since 2019.
In Georgia,
Wheeler (Marietta) captured the Class AAAAAA state championship by outlasting
Newton (Covington) in the title game.
Five-star senior Koa Peat (10) and his Perry teammates celebrate after winning their fourth consecutive state title in Arizona. (PHOTO: Jack Beasley)
Record: 27-3 | Last week: 1
Completed run to fourth consecutive Class 7A state championship with 68-34 blowout of Windermere in title game. Five-star Duke signee
Cameron Boozer led the way with 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in the win.
Record: 33-2 | Last week: 5
Knocked off two-time defending state champion and No. 3 Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) 71-59 in the state quarterfinals paced by 29 points, seven rebounds and three steals from five-star senior
Brayden Burries. The Mustangs face No. 11 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) in the semifinals Tuesday.
Record: 31-3 | Last week: 2
The Wolverines drop just one spot in the rankings due to an impressive resume that includes wins over No. 4 Perry, No. 9 Gonzaga and No. 11 Notre Dame twice.
Record: 27-2 | Last week: 7
Jump three spots after winning their fourth consecutive Open Division state championship with a 63-44 victory over Sunnyslope (Phoenix) in the title game. Five-star senior
Koa Peat led the way with 20 points despite playing with a broken shooting hand.
Record: 22-1 | Last week: 3
Season complete. Class 3A state champions.
Record: 35-0 | Last week: 6
Season complete. Class 7A state champions.
Record: 29-3 | Last week: 9
Captured their fourth state title in the past six seasons and 10th in program history with a 61-56 triumph over Newton (Covington) in the Class AAAAAA state title game. Four-star junior
Colben Landrew and four-star sophomore
Kevin Savage led the way with 19 points apiece.
Record: 27-0 | Last week: 10
Knocked off Noblesville 55-46 behind 14 points from four-star sophomore
Jason Gardner and 12 points from Taylor University commit
Nathan Baker to claim the sectional championship. The Tigers have won 40-consecutive games dating back to last season.
Record: 29-5 | Last week: 11
DCSAA Class AA champions. Eligible for Chipotle Nationals.
Record: 24-2 | Last week: 12
After a 104-53 shellacking of Luray in the Class 2A state semifinals, the Justices are now outscoring their opponents by 60.4 points per contest in five postseason games.
Record: 28-7 | Last week: 16
Escaped with a 66-64 win over St. Joseph (Santa Maria) behind 23 points from promising sophomore
NaVorro Bowman Jr. The Knights face No. 2 Roosevelt tonight with a trip to the state title game on the line.
Record: 39-6 | Last week: 14
Despite
falling to Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham) 80-71 in the Elite
Prep League semifinals, the Hawks move up two spots due to movement
around them.
Record: 27-6 | Last week: 17
WCAC regular season and tournament champions. Eligible for Chipotle Nationals.
Record: 31-2 | Last week: 13
Although the Knights suffered a season-ending 66-64 loss to No. 11 Notre Dame, California's all-time leading scorer put on one last show in front of his home crowd. Baylor signee
Tounde Yessoufou tallied 38 points and 10 rebounds in the setback to finish his career with 3,659 points.
Record: 27-7 | Last week: NR
Captured the program's sixth state title overall and third since 2019 after upsetting previous No. 8 Allen 77-74 in the state semifinals before knocking off Bellaire 54-52 in the title game led by 23 points and six rebounds from four-star TCU commit
Kayden Edwards.
Record: 33-3 | Last week: 4
Despite forcing 31 turnovers, the Bears were unable to overcome a cold shooting night as they went 17 of 64 (26.6 percent) from the field, 5 of 33 (15.2) from 3-point range and 16 of 29 (55.2) from the free throw line in a state semifinal loss to Bellaire.
Record: 28-3 | Last week: 18
Season complete. Class AAAAAA semifinalists.
Record: 30-2 | Last week: 24
Erased a 16-point third quarter deficit to capture the Class 6A state championship over Evans (Orlando) 71-63 led by 22 points from four-star Florida State signee
Dwayne Wimbley Jr. The Raiders claimed their first state title since 2001.
Record: 28-3 | Last week: 22
Finished
in third place at the Nike Invitational Tournament after going 2-1. The
Greenies defeated SoCal Academy (Castaic, Calif.) 62-60 and Iowa United 63-60 but fell to Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah) 64-58 in
their final games of the year.
Record: 34-2 | Last week: 8
Despite receiving a game-high 28 points from senior guard
Antoine Shannon, Allen fell to Duncanville 77-74 in the Class 6A Division 1 state semifinals to end an impressive season.
Record: 29-0 | Last week: 18
Took down Salisbury 77-69 in the state quarterfinals behind 30 points, eight assists, five rebounds and four steals from junior guard
Dionte Neal. The Rams look to close out their run to a second consecutive Class 2A state title this week.
Record: 28-1 | Last week: 21
Completed their run to back-to-back Class 6 District 8 championships with a 59-52 triumph over North Kansas City. The Northmen take on Blue Springs South on Friday in the state quarterfinals.
Record: 28-1 | Last week: 25
After avenging last year's state tournament loss with a 64-57 victory over Salesian College Prep (Richmond) in state quarterfinals, the Crusaders take on De La Salle (Concord) tonight with a trip to the Open Division title game on the line.
Record: 24-2 | Last week: 23
Began their run toward their sixth consecutive Class 4 state championship with a 75-33 shellacking of MICDS (St. Louis) behind 17 points from senior guard
Terron Garrett.
Record: 24-4 | Last week: NR
Begin their quest for their second consecutive Class 6A state championship with a first-round game against Deer Creek (Edmond) tonight.
