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Vote: Who Should Be The North Carolina High School Boy Basketball Player of the Week? (2/18/2025)

Here is our list of top performers of last week; cast your vote(s) of those most deserving of this week's honor

Mike Duprez

High School On SI

Who was the North Carolina Boys Basketball Player of the Week last week?Each week, High School On SI scours the state of North Carolina and compiles the top performances from the previous week.

Congratulations to last week's winner: CJ Jones of Dudley.

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT, Sunday, Feb. 16. The winner will be announced in the following week's poll. Here are this week's nominees:.

Josh Hines, Myers Park

The 6-foot-2 junior guard scored 21 points as the Mustangs beat South Mecklenburg 64-51 to clinch the conference championship.

Nick Arnold, Lake Norman

Arnold had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in a 74-50 pounding of rival Mooresville. 

Zion Williams, North Mecklenburg

Williams poured in a career-high 33 points as the Vikings drubbed West Charlotte 75-54 to capture yet another conference championship.

Jaaron Frye, A.C. Reynolds

Frye, a freshman guard, scored a career-high 27 points, including 6-of-10 from 3-point range, in the Rockets’ 66-55 win over McDowell to clinch the conference championship. He also had 10 rebounds.

Ty Clark, Andrews

Clark posted a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds in a 77-45 victory over Swain County.

Brady Clark, South Stokes

The junior point guard had 33 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists as the Sauras downed Elkin 80-68.

Jack Bell, West Carteret

Bell poured in 36 points to go along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals as the Patriots outlasted Croatan 82-77. He also had 21 points and 8 rebounds in a 64-44 loss to Swansboro.

Josiah Billings, Fairmont

Billings had 14 points and 15 rebounds in a 78-54 win over Clinton to conclude the regular season.

Braylon Taylor, Salisbury

The 6-foot-1 junior led the way with 22 points as the Hornets swept to a 96-70 win over archrival North Rowan.

Kellum Brown, New Hanover

The 6-foot-4 junior forward/guard had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals as the Wildcats romped to a 65-40 win over Hoggard.

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MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.

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