Singletary has ran with Twelve Time throughout the spring months of AAU ball and recently competed during the second live period at Nike’s Session 2 in New Orleans. During her weekend in Louisiana, Singletary averaged 15.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists. Singletary’s Irmo team is set to move from the 5A ranks back down to 4A beginning with the 2026-27 season. The 2025-26 version of Irmo finished with a 16-11 record and Singletary would play in all 27 of the Yellow Jackets’ contests. She averaged 23.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.6 steals per game. Singletary is playing up in class in 15U. 

Singletary is still flying under the radar as one of the best 2030s in the Southeast region. She continued to impress by averaging more than 17 points per game on the circuit. There were multiple games where she was shooting the three balls at a very high clip and sometimes over fifty percent. When defense would take away her perimeter shot, she did an excellent job of putting the ball on the floor and attacking. She has a silky-smooth pull up jumper where she elevated right over the defender’s head. Lailah also had her share of steals that led to easy transition buckets for her.

Alot of people have said they have not seen a young player make the jump and improve as much as Lailah did between her 7th and 8th grade season. Well, I am here to tell you this kid is in the Big Leagues now. She is a dominant three level scorer and led the state of South Carolina in scoring at different times during the season.

Arguably the signature 2030 of 2030s throughout the Palmetto State, those that did not have Singletary on their radars prior to this season certainly have her on them now. Irmo’s first-round draw in the 5A Division 2 tournament was Myrtle Beach. With 17 points, the Yellow Jackets were on the winning end of a low-scoring, 38-27 result over the Seahawks. Singletary has averaged 23.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 3.7 assists this season. The win over Myrtle Beach earned Singletary and her Irmo team a second-round get-together with defending 5A Division 2 champion Berkeley. Following this season, Singletary will be the 4A realm’s problem as Irmo will move back to 4A beginning in 2026-27.

One of the top scorers and players in the state even though she is only a 2030. Averaging 25 points a game, 9 rebounds and shooting 46 percent from deep is just a few things to highlight about Lailah’s breakout season. She is a dynamic guard that is silky smooth with the ball in her hands. Her finesse and quickness getting downhill is next level and her shooting ability beyond the arc is elite. This young lady has an extremely bright future ahead of her. She is special!

With her 5A Division 2 Irmo team having been bit by the injury bug, coach Coretta Ferguson has had a chance to see what her Yellow Jackets resemble with Singletary leading the team’s attack. The results have been promising. Singletary finished her Saturday at 5A Division 1 J.L. Mann with an eye-popping 34-point performance that led her team against another swarm of Yellow Jackets – those of 5A Division 2 T.L. Hanna. Her lockdown defense can cause deflections and other miscues by an opposing ball carrier. Offensively, Singletary displayed consistency with finding driving lanes to the rim and as a 3-point shooter. The final score was 54-51.

Singletary’s shot selection was limited early against 4A Lancaster’s defense. She managed to find a groove as 5A Division 2 Irmo’s contest with the Bruins wore on and resulted in a 50-40 victory for the Yellow Jackets. She concluded her time at Blythewood HS with a 19-point performance which preserved what is still an unblemished record for Irmo. Even though Singletary may only be an eighth-grader, she approaches the game with the poise of a seasoned veteran. She displays how fearless she is in attacking the basket even against a group of opposing defenders, has plenty of speed and is an all-around playmaker for her team.

What do 5A Division 2 Indian Land, 2A Columbia, 4A Wilson and 3A Newberry have in common? All have been placed in the loss column at the hands of Singletary and her 5A Division 2 Irmo assembling as the Yellow Jackets have begun the 2025-26 season 4-0. Irmo co-hosted this year’s She Got Next Thanksgiving Classic with 5A Division 1 Lexington and the Yellow Jackets made the most of that home court advantage. Singletary tallied 17 points in a 67-17 blowout of the Capitals. Irmo bested the Tigers by a final of 57-49 to win the Crystal Bracket behind a 26-point performance from Singletary. 

Singletary established herself as one of the premier 2030s in the state despite playing for a 5A Division 2 Irmo team that plays in one of the state’s toughest regions. She still held her own as the Yellow Jackets qualified for the state tournament. Singletary played in all 25 games last season wearing Irmo black and gold and averaged 10 points, 2.9 rebounds and two steals a contest. One can place Singletary in a starting five as either a two guard or at the point. Singletary’s play helped the Yellow Jackets secure back-to-back double-digit winning seasons for the first time since 2019-20 and the COVID year of 2020-21. Three consecutive double-digit winning season is a likelihood with another full season of Singletary. 

When one is able to earn herself a spot on a varsity roster as a seventh grader, that means she must be doing something correct. At the She Got Next Thanksgiving tournament, Irmo was matched up against a familiar foe – 4A Richland Northeast which was a former region rival of the Yellow Jackets when they played in 4A. Irmo picked up the victory over the Cavaliers and Singletary aided in the effort with 11 points. That performance displayed how accurate she can be from behind the 3-point line. Her overall play displays exactly why she got the blessing from her coach Trina Wagstaff to be in the starting five at the very start of her career.