WINDSOR >> It’s nearly impossible to beat a team that can’t stop draining 3-pointers. Sixth-seeded Windsor boys basketball bestowed that hard lesson onto No. 11 Longmont during their 64-31 Class 5A Sweet 16 home victory on Tuesday night.

The Wizards shot lights-out from deep — going 9-for-13 at 69% — while the lights went out on the Trojans’ season. Now, the Wizards will move on to face No. 3 Dakota Ridge during the Great 8 on Friday.

The Trojans, for their part, enjoyed big minutes from their freshman point guard David Valles, who along with senior center Levi Varga led their team with eight points apiece. They couldn’t match the firepower coming from the Wizards, however, as Madden Smiley knocked down 24 points and John Backhaus chipped in another 14.

Last year, Valles was a fan in the stands watching his then-senior brother Suge.

“It’s just great being part of the team because I love my brothers, and it’s just a great brotherhood here,” Valles said. “They’re great coaches and they give us the right recipe every game. I love them. I think we’re going to take this and we’re going to use it as fuel for the future, and we’re just going to keep building for next year.”

The Trojans began their season trying to climb out of an early 0-3 hole, but once they dropped a ladder down in their Dec. 19 victory over Evergreen, they just kept ascending. That sparked a nine-game winning streak, which later transformed into a first-round tournament victory over Grand Junction last week.

They were the last 6A or 5A team standing from the newly formed Granite Peaks League but played against the Wizards not only without junior shooting guard Joey Foot — who was out due to concussion protocol — but also with an illness infecting many of the players and coaches.

“It’s not the way we wanted to end the season,” head coach Jeff Kloster said. “You want to come out and you want to be able to show that you deserve (to be here). They’re not 33 points better than us. I love these kids. They worked hard for us the entire year, and tonight we just had a hard time getting into stuff.

“They broke us down. You got to give them credit. They’re a great program. They’ve got really, really good players. I don’t know how they’ll do next week against — most likely — Dakota Ridge. I hope they do a great job.”

The Wizards sank eight of their nine first-half attempts from long range and wouldn’t allow Longmont to reach the rim much through their spectacular kleptomania.

Smiley had 17 points in the first half alone, slicing through Longmont’s defense like a knife through butter, then the Wizards used that utensil to stab the Trojans any time they charged toward their own basket. The Wizards led 38-7 at the half but wouldn’t let the Trojans get their feet under them until all starters checked out in the fourth quarter.

Longmont ends its season with a 16-9 record after finishing fifth in its league (8-5). Kloster looks forward to seeing how the program can develop around its young point guard in Valles.

“We’ve got some young guys that are going to be hungry, and it gives him something to look forward to, to develop his game and to make sure that over the spring and summer, he develops his game where he can become our point guard,” Kloster said.

“He gives us a dimension where he’s not afraid. He can attack the middle and he can be a creator. The bottom line is it puts a smile on my face knowing that we are so young and we bring back everyone with the exception of those four seniors (Zay Villela, Rhys Odom, Kolby Holmes and Varga).”