Centennial Boys Basketball

Centennial's Marcus Allen named Nevada's Gatorade Player of the Year: Thursday, March 21, 2013; high school basketball: The 6-foot-4 senior guard scored nearly 30 points per game; will play next year at Stanford; By Ray Brewer; Marcus Allen was named the Nevada’s Gatorade Player of the Year for basketball Thursday, but if you talk with the 6-foot-4 Centennial High senior guard, he’ll tell you something different. He considers Thursday’s announcement a team achievement.

Margin of victory in Gorman's fourth state title in five years is surprising: Friday, February 22, 2013; high school basketball: In what was expected to be a close game, powerhouse Gaels frustrate Centennial with great zone defense in lopsided win; By Ray Brewer; Nobody expected an outcome this lopsided. Bishop Gorman High senior guard Trey Kennedy knew his team was comfortably ahead Friday against Centennial in the Division-I high school state basketball game at the Orleans Arena, but wasn’t closely following the score. Then, he looked up.

Centennial rallies to force overtime, knock off Canyon Springs for date with Gorman in state finals: Thursday, February 21, 2013; high school basketball:; By Ray Brewer; Marcus Allen often shoots 25 free throws in the Centennial High gym each morning before heading to class. Then, when the Bulldogs’ senior guard returns home, he’s back on the court working on his game. The experience paid off Thursday.

The Allen twins get the credit, but Centennial's berth in state tournament not a two-person show: Monday, February 18, 2013; high school basketball: The Bulldogs overcome double-digit deficit to beat Valley for last spot in Thursday's state tournament; By Ray Brewer; With the Centennial High basketball team trailing Valley Monday by 10 points midway through the second quarter of the state play-in game, several in the gym assumed a player with the last name Allen would be the one to step up. And, twins Marcus and Malcolm Allen eventually took over the game. But, at this junction of the game, the Bulldogs had help from an unlikely source.

Bishop Gorman squeaks past Centennial again, wins Sunset regional title: Friday, February 15, 2013; High school basketball: Second-half rally from Centennial comes up short; By Case Keefer; Now that they’ve spent 104 minutes playing against each other at three different venues, the body of evidence is both expansive and conclusive. Bishop Gorman is a better basketball team than Centennial.

Centennial roars into Sunset regional finals behind Khalil Thompson's stroke: Thursday, February 14, 2013; Centennial pulls away from Arbor View in second half; By Case Keefer; Khalil Thompson made Durango High’s BlazerDome look like his personal practice space, sinking eight of 12 three-point attempts to lead Centennial to an 80-70 victory over Arbor View.

Centennial keeps its cool in win over Durango: Tuesday, February 12, 2013; high school basketball: Allen twins combine for 61 points to help Bulldogs move on in playoffs; By Paul Delos Santos; At halftime, the game was playing out the way many thought it would. Centennial went on a substantial run in the second quarter to build a double-digit lead over a talented, but outgunned Durango team. That mentality changed after the Trail Blazers reeled off a big run of their own to start the second half.

It took two overtimes before Bishop Gorman could overcome Centennial in likely state championship game preview: Thursday, February 7, 2013; high school basketball:; By Ray Brewer; When the referee tossed the jump ball Thursday night to start the second overtime between Bishop Gorman and visiting Centennial, the state’s unquestioned top high school basketball teams, you could have easily argued the game would never end. On this night, they were that evenly matched. One team would pull ahead, then the other would tie the game. Over and over again.

Gorman survives barrage at Centennial with fourth-quarter surge: Wednesday, January 23, 2013; Gorman coach Rice: "(Centennial's) Allen twins put on a show."; By Case Keefer; For the first three quarters of the most anticipated regular season high school basketball game of the year, Bishop Gorman fans watched in the Centennial High gym anxiously waiting.

Twins Malcolm and Marcus Allen drawing interest from recruiters for more than performances on court: Sunday, July 29, 2012; HS BASKETBALL: The senior-to-be guards each have 4.8 weighted GPA's, plan on committing to a school with strong academics; By Ray Brewer; This play never gets old for the Allen twins. Midway through the second half Friday in their summer league basketball game, Centennial High senior-to-be guard Malcolm Allen came up with a steal near midcourt.

Palo Verde mans up to finally beat Centennial in regional semifinals: Friday, February 17, 2012; Eris Winder scores 31 points as Panthers advance to showdown with Bishop Gorman; By Case Keefer; As painful as Palo Verde’s two regular season losses to divisional rival Centennial were, the Panthers wouldn’t have reached the Sunset Regional Finals without them. Palo Verde corrected the mistakes from the previous two defeats Thursday night in the regional semifinals and cruised to a 79-66 victory over Centennial. The Panthers never trailed.

Centennial beats Palo Verde again to capture Northwest crown, No. 1 playoff seed: Friday, February 10, 2012; high school basketball:; By Ray Brewer; The Centennial High basketball team won the Northwest Division title Friday, beating rival Palo Verde 71-65 to earn the league’s No. 1 seed in next week’s Sunset Regional playoffs. Last year, Centennial also won the Northwest and advanced to the Sunset Regional semifinals game before falling to Sierra Vista.

Centennial tops Palo Verde in Northwest showdown thanks to unlikely source: Saturday, January 21, 2012; high school basketball:; By Ray Brewer; The Centennial High basketball team took sole possession of first place in the Northwest Division Friday by winning a back-and-forth affair against host Palo Verde, 67-64. On most nights when the Bulldogs are victorious, it is brothers Malcolm and Marcus Allen leading the way, or senior center player Evan Martin controlling the paint on the inside.

Prep basketball coaches contemplate new mercy rule: Wednesday, October 5, 2011; HS basketball:; By Ray Brewer; Karen Weitz can’t help feeling this rule was created partially with her Centennial High School girls basketball team in mind. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s Board of Control Monday approved a mercy rule for Nevada high school basketball games, which calls for a running clock when one team is ahead by 40 or more points in the second half. To be implemented this winter, the clock would only stop for timeouts and continue to run during fouls shots — comparable to a recreation-league game where teams have the court for one-hour blocks.

Sierra Vista continues record-breaking march in win over Centennial: Thursday, February 17, 2011; Mountain Lions break out in transition after halftime; By Case Keefer; It took Sierra Vista 10 years to capture the first playoff victory in school history. Now, the Mountain Lions have won two in three days. Sierra Vista, which finished second in the Southwest Division, knocked off Northwest Division champions Centennial 56-44 Thursday in the Sunset Region semifinals.