Vote: Who Should Be The South Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week? (1/27/2025)

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 | Jan 27, 2025

High School On SI

Who was the South Carolina Girls Basketball Player of the Week last week?

Each week, High School On SI scours the state of South Carolina and compiles the top performances from the previous week.

Congratulations to last week's winner: Clara Powell of Clover.

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. The winner will be announced in the following week's poll. Here are this week's nominees:

Michaela Fairwell, Dutch Fork

The UC-San Diego signee had 23 points, 7 steals and 5 assists in the Silver Foxes’ 85-39 rout of Irmo.

Braylin Mungo, Camden

Mungo, a sophomore guard, scored 22 points to along with 6 assists and 6 steals as the Bulldogs overwhelmed Richland Northeast 82-24.

Taelor Lee-Sutton, Keenan

The freshman guard impressed by averaging 26 points, 4 assists and 6 steals in the Raiders’ two wins.

Khalia Hartwell, Westside

Hartwell had a dominant double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds in a 50-38 win over T.L. Hanna.

Zara Leamon, Mauldin

Leamon turned in a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds as Mauldin downed T.L. Hanna 57-44.

Shiriah Harris, Gaffney

Harris scored 22 points and had 9 rebounds in a 68-24 rout of Boiling Springs. She also had 3 assists and 3 steals.

Tamia Watkins, Andrew Jackson

The 6-foot-2 senior forward/center scored 37 points on 18-of-23 shooting and had 13 rebounds in a 101-32 runaway win over Cheraw.

Rebecca Hammond, Pee Dee Academy

Hammond led the way with 26 points as Pee Dee rolled to a 52-32 victory over Dillon Christian.

JaNyia Cunningham, South Pointe

The 6-foot sophomore dominated once again with 22 points and 18 rebounds in the Stallions’ 60-55 win over A.C. Flora. She also had 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Stallions beat Ridge View 53-46.

Cameron Oliver, Greenwood

Oliver scored 18 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and had 6 assists in a 70-34 pounding of Easley. The 5-foot-5 junior guard had three steals, too.

Published Jan 27, 2025

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.