Khamani Cooper scored 30 or more points for the third time this month, and Watson Chapel defeated Sylvan Hills for the second time in December in Tuesday night high school boys basketball at Leslie Henderson Gymnasium.
Deriyon Graydon collected a double-double, and Pine Bluff High School scored an 87-54 rout of El Dorado on Friday to improve to 3-0 in 5A-South boys basketball.
In Morrilton, Khamani Cooper scored 33 points and lifted Watson Chapel High School to a 63-58 win over Maumelle on Monday in the Petit Jean Basketball Classic. Cooper was 1 rebound away from a double-double. The senior guard also had 5 assists. Xavier Nelson also scored 11 points for the Wildcats (5-4), who will take on Sylvan Hills at 5:15 p.m. in Morrilton. The winner will play in the championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday, and the loser will compete in the third-place final at 3 p.m. Saturday. In Tuesday s games, White Hall defeated El Dorado 67-52, and Pine Bluff beat Lake Hamilton 66-48, both games starting out 5A-South Conference play. Dollarway beat Camden Harmony Grove 54-39 in the Conference 3A-8 opener.
Marcus Strong had made back-to-back three-point shots to give Watson Chapel its largest lead against longtime archrival White Hall in the first half, but his biggest basket was yet to come.