Walterboro – December in the Palmetto State means Santa Claus is preparing for his big trip. It also means the start of the high school basketball season.
The boys and girls teams at Colleton County High School are well into their 2023-24 season, getting in several games prior to the holiday break.
The boys team played 10 games by the middle of December, posting a solid 6-4 record. The Cougars are looking to improve on last season’s 8-15 record. The Cougars also have expectations of making the Class AAAA state playoffs this season.
Early season wins have come against Andrew Jackson, Lugoff-Elgin, St. John’s Christian, Stall, North Charleston and Lowcountry Leadership Academy. Early defeats came to Hampton County (twice), Fort Dorchester and Ashley Ridge.
The roster has several veterans on it and that experience should bode well in region 7-AAAA play. Seniors Brian Hamilton, Mykeem Gant and Nick Williams have been with the varsity team since their freshmen year. Hamilton averaged nearly eight points per game last season and is scoring 12.2 points in the early going of this season.
Gant averaged 11.5 points per game as a junior and is contributing the same points this season while also averaging nearly six rebounds per contest.
Williams is back in double figures as well. He averaged 10.6 points per game a season ago and is contributing 12 points per game this season.
Junior Da’veon Varner adds eight points per game and senior Javarious Doctor is scoring just under five points per contest.
The roster has a bevy of more seniors, including Tremari Davis, Chazz Frazier, Kenneth Hand, Melvin Powell and Jamaure Manigo.
Rounding out the roster this winter are juniors Robert Parks, Hykeem Ladson, Daishawn Flanagan and Jaden Williams.
The girls team also has been active early on, posting a 4-7 overall record in the first couple of weeks in December.
Three primary offensive leaders this season include senior Heaven Green, junior Zariona Hudson and sophomore Xiomara Oxner. Hudson is leading the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game. Oxner is scoring 9.1 points per contest while Green is good for 8.1 points per outing.
The remaining members on the roster will need to increase their production as the season moves forward. Green is the team’s lone senior. Juniors that see time include Kayla Wilkins, Jura Allen, Carlasia Sanders, Akeelyah Daniel and Olivia Capers. Rounding out the roster are sophomore Trinity Drayton and freshman Lalia Yates.
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