Future Kansas basketball guard Darryn Peterson scored 18 points and earned co-MVP honors in pacing the West squad to a 105-92 victory over the East at the 2025 McDonald’s All-America game held Tuesday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Peterson, 6-foot-5, 195-pounds out of Prolific Prep in Napa, California, earned co-MVP mention after a performance that included five forceful dunks and 10 fourth-quarter points. Future Duke forward Cameron Boozer of Columbus High in Miami, Florida, shared the MVP honor after scoring 16 points.

Boozer is the son of former Duke/NBA standout Carlos Boozer. Cameron’s brother, Cayden Boozer, is also headed to Duke and played in the game.

“Only fitting that Cam Boozer and Darryn Peterson share MVP award. They both set the tone for what was a competitive game,” recruiting analyst Adam Finkelstein of 247Sports wrote on social media site X.

Peterson, who was 7-of-14 shooting (1-of-6 from 3), had several highlight-reel plays. He went high to flush an offensive rebound to cut an 11-8 deficit to one point with 4:30 left in the first quarter.

He also had a steal at the top of the key and went 3/4 court for a one-handed slam to give the West a 79-72 lead in the third quarter.

Earlier he had a two-handed breakaway dunk to cut a 24-21 deficit to one-point with 9:47 left in the second quarter. He hit a long 3 from the right wing to give the West a 31-27 lead with 7:31 left before halftime.

Peterson had seven rebounds, three assists in 24 minutes. His West teammate, future BYU player AJ Dybantsa, scored 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting with five rebounds in 25 minutes. Also for the West, Nikola Bundalo, who is headed to Washington, had 12 points and six rebounds and future Houston player Chris Cenac had 11 points.

McDonald’s All-American West guard Darryn Peterson (22) dunks the ball during the first half of the game at Barclays Center on April 1, 2025. Pamela Smith Imagn Images

Joining Boozer with 16 points on the East was Zai Harwell. Darius Acuff and Nate Ament had 12 apiece.

Future UCLA player Sienna Betts scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the West’s 104-82 win over the East in the McDonald’s All-America girls game. The West scored the game’s first 18 points over the first 4:24.

Future Kansas State player Jordan Speiser, a senior from Lutheran High in Saint Peters, Missouri, played for the winning West team. Blue Valley North High School senior Jaliya Davis, who will be attending Kansas, was on the East squad.