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Sierra Canyon comes back from 17-point deficit to beat Notre Dame

Sierra Canyon’s full-court press and fourth-quarter offense from Bryce Cofield and Isaiah Elohim sparked a massive comeback over Notre Dame.

A battle of a pair of 2023-24 California high school basketball titans in front of an audience with celebrities lived up to its billing with a 17-point comeback by No. 20 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) to hand No. 19 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) its first loss of the season 81-75.

The Notre Dame Knights, who entered the game with a 24-0 record, took a commanding 66-49 lead into the fourth quarter. Sierra Canyon launched a full-court press that turned defensive into offense, primarily from three-star forwards Bryce Cofield and Isaiah Elohim.

The Trailblazers forced 10 turnovers over the final six minutes of the game, according to the Los Angeles Daily News, as they chipped away at the lead. Cofield and Elohim combined for 21 points in the quarter, and Cofield gave Sierra Canyon the lead with a little over a minute left in the game.

Cofield finished with 14 points and Elohim with 18, per the Los Angeles Times. Justin Pippen, a three-star guard on the 247Sports Composite, led the team with 19 points.

For Notre Dame, four-star guard Mercy Miller led with 28 points. Lino Mark, ranked four-stars on the 247Sports Composite, scored 21.

Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon were battling for supremacy of the Mission League after both took down Harvard-Westlake, previously a top-5 team in the nation, a week earlier. In the stands included former Sierra Canyon player Bronny James, Justin’s dad Scottie Pippen, and Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts.

With the win, Sierra Canyon improved its record to 24-1 and pushed Notre Dame to an identical record. With 19 wins in a row, the Trailblazers enter the Mission League Tournament as the top seed, one spot ahead of Notre Dame. Both play their next respective games on Wednesday.

The sons of Scottie Pippen and Master P took down the No. 3 team in back-to-back games

Justin Pippen, the son of Scottie, and Mercy Miller, son of Master P, lead their respective teams to wins over No. 3 Harvard-Westlake.

Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) was rolling as the best team in California. Coming off a 34-2 championship season, the Wolverines leapt to a 20-1 record and No. 3 spot in the USA TODAY Super 25 national rankings.

All it took to take them down were the sons of two well-known people, one of whom with deep basketball roots and one with music (and a touch in basketball)

Harvard-Westlake lost its second game of the season on Wednesday to Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), a close battle that ended at 59-54. Houston commit Mercy Miller, the son of rapper and producer Master P, scored a game-high 29 points — essentially half of his team’s output — to upset the juggernaut. Miller has been crushing it this year, proving his four-star rating on 247Sports with his school-record 68-point performance on Dec. 11, according to Marca.

Miller may be able to one-up his dad. Master P rose to fame in the 90s through his rapping and producing, and is the founder of the record label No Limit Records, but he also ventured into hoops and came very close to breaking into the NBA — according to Marca, he was on the preseason team of the Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Hornets.

Mercy Miller is working to accomplish what his dad couldn’t.

Harvard-Westlake couldn’t bounce back on Friday, falling to Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) and guard Justin Pippen, the youngest son of Scottie and Larsa Pippen. A three-star guard, he’s taking the mantle from Scotty Jr., the eldest son of the pair who graduated from Sierra Canyon in 2019 and is now on a non-guaranteed contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.

(Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

Justin led the Trailblazers over Harvard-Westlake by scoring 21 points in the second half to finish with 24 overall, helping elevate the team to a 74-68 win. He and Bryce Cofield, who had 15 points, helped the Trailblazers go on an 18-0 run in the fourth quarter to get the lead and the win.

With those victories, there’s a new question about the king of California basketball. Do Notre Dame (22-0) or Sierra Canyon (21-1) take hold of that title for the time being? Is it Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), with a record of 20-1? If we’re including prep schools, perhaps it’s Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.), whose record is 19-3.

Luckily for us, we’ll have a stronger answer next week: Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon face off on Jan. 26.

Q&A: Baron Davis on the exciting Flight Club Invitational tournament at Crossroads School

Flight Club recently announced a multi-year partnership with Crossroads.

Two-time NBA All-Star guard Baron Davis is the most notable basketball alumnus of Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California.

He was named Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1997 and led his school to win The Beach Ball Classic tournament in South Carolina when he was in high school.

Decades later, the former McDonald’s All-American is returning to the campus as the Crossroads School’s Boys High School Basketball Team hosts its inaugural Flight Club Invitational basketball tournament on October 28 and 29.

Flight Club recently announced a unique, multi-year partnership with Crossroads. The sneaker consignment store will produce exclusive jerseys and products for the team and coaching staff.

Davis will attend the Crossroads Sports Complex in Santa Monica as several nationally ranked teams are set to compete in this one-of-a-kind tournament.

Some of the players who will take the court include Bryce James (son of LeBron James), Alijah Arenas (son of Gilbert Arenas), Tajh Ariza (son of Trevor Ariza) and Mercy Miller (son of Master P). Other top prospects include five-star recruit Jason Crowe Jr. and four-star recruits such as Naas Cunningham and Emmanuel Stephen.

For The Win spoke with Davis to discuss the tournament, parenting two young children and his own sneaker collection.

This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.

Mercy Miller, Master P’s son, transfers to Oak Hill

Master P’s son transferred to national powerhouse Oak Hill last week.

Mercy Miller, the son of rapper and successful businessman Percy Miller, who is better known as Master P, made waves in September with his commitment to play for Kelvin Sampson at Houston.

Now, he’s back in the news for another basketball-related decision.

Miller transferred from Minnehaha Academy — the home of Chet Holmgren and Jalen Suggs — to national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (Va.) last week. Oak Hill is off to a rough start against a national schedule this season, but Miller should help bolster Steve Smith’s rotation as a versatile 6-foot-4 guard.

Miller was averaging over 20 points per game for Minnehaha Academy before deciding to transfer. He made his Oak Hill debut over the weekend at the Spalding Hoophall Classic.

Miller is now part of a loaded Oak Hill rotation that features five-star Duke commit Caleb Foster, five-star Kentucky commit Chris Livingston, four-star LSU commit Devin Ree, three-star Duke commit Christian Reeves and former four-star Pittsburgh pledge Judah Mintz.

Miller is still committed to Houston and that does not figure to change despite his newfound presence at a national powerhouse, which will naturally put more eyeballs on him as his high school career progresses.

“Growing up he was able to go to a lot of the games and see a lot of the greats play there and Coach Sampson he is a man of his word,” Percy Miller told 247Sports after his son’s commitment. “He’s building a great program and by the time Mercy graduates he’ll be a big part of that.”

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Mercy Miller, Master P’s son, commits to Houston

The son of Master P committed to Houston earlier this week.

Mercy Miller, the son of rapper and successful businessman Percy Miller, who is better known as Master P, made the decision to wrap up his recruitment in its infant stages earlier this week.

Miller, a 6-foot-4 guard out of Minnehaha Academy in Minnesota, took an unofficial visit to Houston last week and committed shortly thereafter. Miller’s JL3 Elite travel team is based out of Houston and Miller spent time growing up in the area, both of which played a major role in his decision to commit to Kelvin Sampson’s program.

“Growing up he was able to go to a lot of the games and see a lot of the greats play there and Coach Sampson he is a man of his word,” Percy Miller told 247Sports. “He’s building a great program and by the time Mercy graduates he’ll be a big part of that.”

Miller picked Houston over offers from Hampton and Minnesota.

“Mercy has made his name for himself and that’s what it is about,” Miller said. “I’m a businessman, my son is a basketball player and he is a student-athlete and I’m going to support him. He gets up at five in the morning every day and works to do what he’s got to do.”

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