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Thanksgiving Hoopfest, Day 2: Duncanville boys and girls drop hard-fought games to Sierra Canyon (Calif.)

Here’s how local teams fared, including Argyle, Denton Guyer, Lewisville, Oak Cliff Faith Family and St. Mark’s.

Read our recap from Day 1 of the Thanksgiving Hoopfest here.

Boys

Sierra Canyon (Calif.) 66, Duncanville 63

Thirteen-time NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade sat courtside to watch his son play. The son of 15-time All-Star LeBron James helped draw an NBA-like crowd to American Airlines Center.

And two nationally ranked teams and a plethora of America’s top recruits put on a dazzling display on the final day of the Thanksgiving Hoopfest.

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Five-star Kentucky signee Brandon “BJ” Boston Jr. scored a game-high 24 points, and defending UIL Class 6A state champion Duncanville missed a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer as undefeated Sierra Canyon (Calif.) escaped with a 66-63 victory.

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The last four games of the Hoopfest were moved from Duncanville’s Sandra Meadows Arena (seats 2,000) to the home of the Dallas Mavericks -- which seats 20,000 -- after tickets for Saturday’s games sold out in 48 minutes. Everyone wanted to see Wade’s son, Zaire, and James’ son, LeBron James Jr. (known as Bronny), and a rocking AAC was packed except for the very top level of the arena.

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“The crowd was wild,” said four-star Texas Tech signee Micah Peavy, who had 18 points, 12 rebounds and six steals for Duncanville (5-2).

Sierra Canyon, ranked No. 8 in the nation by USA Today, was leading 66-63 when it missed two free throws and Duncanville grabbed the rebound and called timeout with 3.3 seconds left. Duncanville had to go the length of the court, but a pass to midcourt was deflected and ended up in the hands of Duncanville’s Juan Reyna, who got off a 3-pointer that was off the mark.

“I got an open look, I just missed it,” Reyna said. “It was a lot of fun to be a part of with the atmosphere.”

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Reyna, who scored 12 points, said he got a compliment during the game from Wade — a three-time NBA champion who is now retired.

“He was like, ‘Way to shoot,’ " Reyna said. “I’ve been watching him since I was little, so that was pretty cool.”

Zaire Wade started for Sierra Canyon, but the three-star senior guard played just four minutes and went scoreless after aggravating a sprained ankle he had been playing on. Bronny James, a 6-2 freshman guard who already has an offer from Kentucky, came off the bench and had two points, two rebounds and one assist in 17 minutes for Sierra Canyon (4-0).

-- Photos: D-Wade in the house! NBA legends watches son Zaire, Sierra Canyon top Duncanville in Thanksgiving Hoopfest

James and Wade are a big reason why Sierra Canyon has national media outlets following its every move. Bronny wasn’t one of the three Sierra Canyon players who attended the postgame interview session Saturday, but his teammates were asked what the son of the four-time NBA MVP is like.

“Like a regular 15-year-old,” said Sierra Canyon’s Terren Frank, a TCU signee who had eight points and six rebounds. “Goofy, funny."

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His teammates quickly added, “A lot of energy, one of the guys you want to be around, hard worker.”

The next question asked: How can James and Wade live up to what their fathers accomplished while becoming legends in the NBA?

“I feel like they don’t have to live up to that,” Boston said. “They’re their own person. If they just stay sane and do what they have to do, they’ll be good.”

Sierra Canyon was without five-star small forward Ziaire Williams, who won’t be eligible to play until Dec. 29 after transferring to the school located in Chatsworth, just outside of Los Angeles. Boston, rated by 247Sports.com as the 13th-best player in the nation in the Class of 2020, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked four shots, and five-star sophomore guard Amari Bailey and 7-3 center Harold Yu scored 12 points apiece.

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“Everybody is out to get us,” Boston said. “They had their chance and we had our chance, and we came out with the win.”

Duncanville had five players score in double figures, but the Panthers were outrebounded 48-32, and they trailed 52-43 entering the fourth quarter. Peavy’s follow shot cut Sierra Canyon’s lead to 64-61, and after Yu made two free throws with 11.7 seconds remaining, Peavy scored his final basket with 5.3 seconds left to make it 66-63.

Peavy sees one big difference between California Open Division state champion Sierra Canyon and a Duncanville team that is ranked No. 22 in the nation.

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“All of our kids are from Duncanville,” said Peavy, who was the MVP of last season’s state championship game. “Those kids are from all over the country and got put on one team. It’s just great competing against teams like that.”

Duncanville had won 30 in a row before losing 84-51 late Friday night to Florida’s Montverde Academy, a team ranked No. 1 in the nation. In that game, Duncanville faced the top recruit in the Hoopfest — Montverde five-star guard Cade Cunningham, an Oklahoma State signee who is rated the second-best player in the nation in the Class of 2020.

Montverde routed Houston Yates 98-46 in the final game Saturday. Cunningham, who played two years at Arlington Bowie before transferring to Montverde, had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

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-- Greg Riddle

Denton Guyer 91, Manor 69

Tyler McGhie scored a team-high 25 points and Amaechi Chukwu added 24 points — converting all 12 of his field goal attempts — as Denton Guyer rolled past Manor 91-69 on Saturday at the Thanksgiving Hoopfest.

Guyer (4-0) scored 13 straight points, including a pair of 3-pointers from Butler signee JaKobe Coles, to open a 13-3 lead at Sandra Meadows Arena. Guyer, ranked No. 3 in the state in Class 6A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, never relinquished the lead.

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Coles, ranked by SportsDay as the fourth-best recruit in the Dallas area in the Class of 2020, scored 11 of his 15 points in the first quarter as Guyer built a 22-11 lead. Manor (3-2), ranked No. 7 in the state in 5A, opened the second quarter with an 11-3 spurt, but Guyer held a 40-38 lead at halftime.

A 10-0 Guyer streak in the middle of the third quarter — baskets from five different players — extended the lead to 58-46. Coles finished with 16 rebounds, six assists and three steals, and Guyer connected on 10 of 16 3-pointers.

Houston signee Jamal Shead, ranked by 247Sports.com as the sixth-best recruit in the state, scored a game-high 26 points for Manor.

— Mike Waters

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Fort Bend Hightower 70, Lewisville 68

Bryce Griggs and Fort Bend Hightower topped Keyonte George and Lewisville at the buzzer in a battle of two of the state’s top-ranked sophomores.

Griggs netted a game-high 39 points for Hightower, including a bank-shot just before the buzzer to give Hightower the win.

Griggs shot 14 of 23 from the field and 9 of 11 from the free-throw line in the victory, outdueling Lewisville’s George, who finished with a team-high 21 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

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Hightower scored the game’s first eight points (the largest lead of the game for either team), but Lewisville, behind seven first-quarter points from George, took a 14-12 lead to the second quarter.

KJ Pruitt got hot in the third quarter, converting three 3-pointers for Lewisville en route to 15 points on the night as the Farmers maintained their two-point advantage.

But Griggs would have the last say, putting Hightower in front by two with a pair of free throws at 68-66.

After George answered with a pair of free throws of his own, each team traded empty possessions with Hightower holding the ball last and Griggs driving right and pulling up for the game-winning hoop off the glass.

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Kylin Green chipped in 12 points for Lewisville, while OC Girtmon had 10 and Xavier Gaffney scored eight.

— Justin Thomas

Stranahan (Fla.) 55, Oak Cliff Faith Family 32

Chayse Culpepper scored 19 points in the victory for Stranahan (Fla.), which last season won the first boys basketball state title in school history.

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It was the school’s first state championship in any sport since 1975. The championship was dedicated to former coach Keith Skinner, who after 30 years at the helm, died of cancer in 2017 at the age of 54.

Defending UIL Class 4A state champion Faith Family led 3-0 before Stranahan, the Florida 6A state champion, went on a 12-4 spurt to assume a lead it never relinquished. A 10-0 Stranahan run to start the third quarter extended its lead to 18.

T.J. Caldwell led Faith Family with nine points, and Jordan Walsh pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

Prolific Prep (Calif.) 57, St. Mark’s 44

Prolific Prep made a strong showing in Saturday’s opening contest at the American Airlines Center, getting 19 points and nine rebounds from five-star recruit Jalen Green, in a 57-44 victory over St. Mark’s

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The contest was slated as a duel of top prospects in Green and St. Mark’s Harrison Ingram, and neither player disappointed with Ingram finishing with a game-high 22 points to go with eight rebounds and six assists.

St. Mark’s actually controlled most of the game for the first three quarters, leading 22-20 at the half before holding a 30-21 edge early in the third quarter.

However, Prolific Prep used a 12-2 run to tie the game at 33-33 en route to a six-point lead going to the fourth quarter.

St. Mark’s got no closer than 45-40 the rest of the way, with Green scoring seven final quarter points to seal the win.

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Nimari Burnett added 10 points and eight rebounds for Prolific Prep, with Andrew Laczkowski putting up seven points and nine rebounds for St. Mark’s.

— Robert Thomas

Girls

Sierra Canyon 68, Duncanville 55

Duncanville’s Deja Kelly put on a show with 26 points, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a tough squad from Sierra Canyon in a 68-55 loss.

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Both teams played a back and forth contest for most of the opening half, including 17-17 deadlock going to the second quarter.

The second quarter saw both teams hold four-point leads, with Sierra Canyon using a late 10-3 run to hold a 31-27 halftime lead.

Photos: Fight for the ball! Deja Kelly, Duncanville come up short against Sierra Canyon at Thanksgiving Hoopfest

Duncanville went on a scoring run of its own -- a 13-1 jaunt midway through the third quarter to help build a 46-40 lead going to the final quarter.

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However, Sierra Canyon had the final say with a 16-5 run to start the final quarter and Duncanville got no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.

Sierra Canyon five-star recruit Ashley Chevalier had 12 points and seven assists in the win, followed by 17 points from Vanessa De Jesus and 13 rebounds from Rosemary Odebunmi.

Duncanville’s Hope LeMelle added a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

— Robert Thomas

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Lee Magnet (La.) 60, Argyle 56

Diamond Hunter scored a game-high 25 points on 50 percent shooting from the field as Lee Magnet topped Argyle.

Lee spotted Argyle the game’s first seven points before rebounding to take a 15-11 advantage to the second quarter.

Lee would never trail again, stretching its lead to as many as nine in the second quarter.

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Argyle remained resilient throughout, and twice pulled within one point late in the third quarter following baskets from Madi Lumsden and Rhyle McKinney — the latter cutting Lee’s lead to 45-44 heading to the fourth quarter.

But Hunter, who converted three 3-pointers, was just too much for Argyle to contain, attacking the basket for her final points to push the lead back to six, after which Lee put the game away by beating Argyle’s press for easy transition baskets.

McKinney posted a team-high 21 points for Argyle, while Shelby Henches had 12 points and seven rebounds, Abby Williams scored nine and Brooklyn Carl chipped in five points and seven assists.

Twitter: @DMNGregRiddle, @SportsDayHS

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