Bey scores 26, go-ahead layup as Gaels win in OT

College assistants, former NBA players and the who’s who of Southern Nevada basketball convened at Coronado High on Monday to watch the current and future stars of West Coast basketball.

Bishop Gorman, representing the Las Vegas Valley, faced Sierra Canyon (California), the nation’s 24th-ranked team by USA Today that features the sons of former NBA All-stars Scottie Pippen and Kenyon Martin and also the top shooting guard in the junior class.

The Gaels didn’t disappoint their home crowd.

Jamal Bey scored 26 points and converted the go-ahead layup with 2.5 seconds remaining in overtime to rally Gorman from a 15-point second-half deficit and top the Trailblazers 82-80 in the nightcap of the Las Vegas Invitational.

“I just felt like we had to defend our home,” said Gaels star freshman Will Mcclendon, who scored 18 points off the bench. “(Sierra Canyon) coming from L.A., they say L.A. teams are better. And we had to prove that Vegas has some tough competition.”

Gorman (14-3) did so behind Mcclendon and Bey, its Washing-

ton-bound senior.

Bey scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half, finished 10-for-14 from the field and had six rebounds and six assists in front of Martin, former UNLV lottery pick Marcus Banks and college assistant coaches