She Got Next Thanksgiving: Day Two Standouts
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This past weekend was a busy one, sportswise, at White Knoll HS. The football team defeated Summerville in the 5A Lower State final and a number of the state’s premier girls basketball teams converged on Red Bank for a full…
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Continue ReadingThis past weekend was a busy one, sportswise, at White Knoll HS. The football team defeated Summerville in the 5A Lower State final and a number of the state’s premier girls basketball teams converged on Red Bank for a full weekend of hoops.
For the second consecutive year, the She Got Next Thanksgiving Tournament, hosted by A1 Hoops Report, emanated from White Knoll HS. After the first day decided which teams would play for bracket championships, those rings were bestowed on the second day.
Without further delay, here are a few of those names from the second day of action that caught our attention.
The girls basketball team at 5A Dutch Fork garnered national headlines from this year’s She Got Next Tournament because of pitching a 95-0 shutout over Lamar. The Silver Foxes may not have pitched a shutout against their area rivals from 4A Irmo, but it still was a dominating performance keyed in large part by Fairwell. She finished with 20 points to help her Silver Foxes claim the southwest bracket crown. Fairwell displays impressive ball handling skills and uses her length to effectively clog the passing lanes of an opposing team. She also displays a consistent ability to score at all three levels.
Cheeseboro will be a Silver Fox turned Wolf after this season as the collegiate ranks with Newberry College await. The talented senior guard continues to display exactly why she was on the radar of the Wolves. She also contributed 20 points in a winning Dutch Fork effort over 4A Irmo to conclude what was a dominant – and headline-gathering – weekend for the 5A Silver Foxes. Cheeseboro will place the ball through the hoop at all three levels and also understands when to score and when to pass. Getting out in transition is another of her game’s strong points along with veteran leadership. If the Dutch Fork team that showed up to She Got Next is an indication of what it will present on a game-by-game basis, the rest of the 5A field may be put on notice.
After establishing herself at 1A Latta as one of the state’s premier 2025s, Legette has taken her talents to the SCISA ranks with 4A Trinity Collegiate. Legette led the Titans to the South Bracket championship with 21 points en route to a 56-44 victory over 4A Greer. What impresses about Legette is her ball handling capabilities which compliment her ability to put crooked numbers on the scoreboard. Legette has played her AAU ball with Team GBMS Elite. She has played at the varsity level since she was an eighth grader and also shines in the rebounding game and as a defender.
Scott was a SCBCA Preseason 4A Girls selection. Her Westside team may not have got the result it was looking for against a rejuvenated 5A J.L. Mann team, but Scott still had herself a game as she tallied 12 points to lead all Rams starters. Scott’s quickness enables her to get from one end of the floor to the other in almost no time at all. She particularly excels with making transition plays. The heads-up attitude Scott showcases as a defender enables her to be one step ahead of an opposing team’s offensive set. Scott is currently an unsigned senior but she recently landed her first offer as St. Andrews University has the Westside star on their radar.
Highlights
Coach Reggie McLain’s team at 2A Keenan displayed signs that the 2023-24 rendition of the Raiders may be better than advertised. Brown finished her time at this year’s She Got Next Thanksgiving Tournament by leading Keenan to a victory over another 2A team in Timberland. Brown tallied 18 points in the victory. She particularly had plenty of success with the 3-point shot as she drained four from behind the 3-point line. Out of the 18 points she put on the scoreboard, 14 of those were scored in the first half and 11 of them came in the first quarter alone. Keenan not only defeated Timberland but only lost to a tough A.C. Flora bunch by two. The Raiders had themselves a productive weekend at White Knoll HS.
Congratulations are in order for A.C. Flora’s resident star senior guard. She led her Falcons to a Northwest Bracket championship victory over 5A Spring Valley and she announced where she will play in college. When this season concludes, Gray will bring her many hoops talents to the HBCU that is Alabama A&M. Her college team is getting someone who places plenty of emphasis on taking care of the ball to limit turnovers. Gray fuses together the ability to take care of the ball with plenty of speed in getting down the court. Her intention, as is that of every senior, is to conclude their high school careers on the correct set of sneakers – Gray got off to a good start with that at She Got Next.
By virtue of defeats to First Baptist and Andrew Jackson in the East Bracket, 5A Lexington had itself a She Got Next to forget. Anderson still emerged as a bright spot for the Wildcats this past weekend. Anderson is very familiar with the basketball courts at White Knoll given she previously played for the Timberwolves before transferring further north up Lexington County on the other side of I-20. She has spent her spring and summer months of AAU ball wearing the IDreams uniform. She stands at 6-foot-2 and that height comes in useful when looking to do work in the interior – particularly on the defensive end of the floor where rebounding and blocking are attributes coaches look for in bigs.
Highlights
Speaking of frontcourt standouts on 5A teams, Moody certainly fits that description for coach Megan Assey’s team at Spring Valley. The Vikings will rely predominantly on veteran leadership and instincts to carry them through 2023-24 – Moody is one of those juniors. She is listed at an even six feet and can operate primarily as either a four or as a five. She is used to wearing gold – whether it is the gold of the Vikings or that of Capital City Tyrants – her travel team. She maintains a high degree of activity when she is on the court and will manage to get to the free throw line.
With two of the Wolves’ star seniors from the 2022-23 rendition having graduated, one can expect the sophomore Prioleau to be the focal point of all things Timberland for the next several seasons. There are reasons to believe that building around Prioleau could work wonders for the green and orange. Prioleau understands the art of anticipating passes and places a bunch of emphasis on taking care of the ball to limit turnovers. She also understands when to score and when to pass and can also be counted on to corral her fair share of rebounds. Accuracy from behind the 3-point line is another of her strong points and she knows how to turn iso situations into productive possessions for her team.
Even though this talented young rising star for 2A Fairfield Central is entering her freshman season this year, it feels as if she has been playing at the varsity level much longer. That is because she has played at the varsity level with the Griffins since she was a seventh grader – and has consistently earned the playing time she has received. McMillan is very versatile in that he can log productive minutes at either of the guard positions in the backcourt or in the frontcourt at the three. Ball handling and the ability to locate open teammates are also strengths of her overall game. With the experience she has gained prior to her freshman season, one can look at McMillan as a seasoned veteran as opposed to the traditional first-year varsity player.