Around the State: Border Belt

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Border Belt consist of three counties over in the Pee Dee. Chesterfield, Dillon and Marlboro County. Who are some of these ladies over in the Border Belt along the North Carolina State line. Read more inside right here on your source for basketball coverage in the Palmetto State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_630ab8473516f","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["124111"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":487440,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Tysonia might be one of the most underrated players in the state. 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She averaged 21.4 ppg and 5.3 rebounds this past season for the Lady Vikings (15-6).rnrnHer assistant Ruby Lee Wright played at Georgetown University and was a pretty darn good player herself back in the day at Latta HS.","_player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_6_player":["250481"],"_player_evaluations_6_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_6_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_6_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_6_player_featured_image":369807,"_player_evaluations_6_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_6_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_6_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_6_evaluation":"Mariah is small in height, but she sure doesn't backdown from anyone on the floor. Campbell a point guard and the leader of the Lady Wildcats had some tough times last season.rnrnMariah really likes to drop some floaters from time to time after getting the ball into the lane. The Wildcats will rely on her heavily this season to provide any kind of offensive punch and leadership.","_player_evaluations_6_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_7_player":["258136"],"_player_evaluations_7_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_7_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_7_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_7_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_7_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_7_evaluation":"McFadden shares the backcourt with [player_tooltip player_id='258135' first='Makayla' last='Legette']. Kardae does a good job of rebounding the ball well from her position. 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Ford averaged 15 ppg while Hamilton chimed in with 9.4 ppg. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":378088,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2022/01/93208423-548D-4275-A089-CDA93415F5EB.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-378088"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->