Marion's Jaeda Davis selected to SCBCA AA girls basketball All-State team

Marion – Marion High School senior Jaeda Davis was

selected to the South Carolina Basketball Coaches

Association AA All-State girls basketball team.

Davis led the Swamp Foxes in scoring with an average of

18.7 points per game. She also led in assists at 2.4 and steals at

2.5 while grabbing 2.4 rebounds.

Davis was also selected to the All-Region 7-AA team along

with junior Maliyah Williams. She averaged 10.6 points, 4.6

rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.8 steals.

Marion had a very good season, going 17-9 overall and

finishing second in the region with a 9-3 mark. It finihsed behind

eventual Lower State runner-up Lake City with a 10-2 record.

The Swamp Foxes also advanced to the second round of the

state playoffs.

MHS defeated Woodland 47-38 in its first-round game.

Marion had the misfortune of facing eventual 2-time defending

AA state champion Andrew Jackson in the second roun. The

Volunteers, who dominated throughout the state playoffs, won

100-41.

Junior Sheteria Bethea led the Swamp Foxes in

rebounding at a 7.2 clip while averaging 4.9 points. Junior

Kristin Shaw was another key contributor, averaging 5.2

rebounds and 2.8 points. Senior Rakyah Barr averaged 3.8

points.

Others who saw valuable minutes were sophomore Janiyah

Hall, junior Ayoni Malloy, junior Shamya McKelvy,

sophomore Payton Sawyer and senior Jamiya Shannon.

The other seniors were Kaitlyn Swinton and Devyn

Graham.

MHS head coach Chris Sanders said he was pleased with

the chemistry and teamwork the Swamp Foxes displayed

throughout the year.

“Stay together no matter what,” Sanders said.

WHITE, GERALD BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-REGION PICKS

Junior Charles White Jr. and junior Jaden Gerald

were selected to the All-Region 7 boys basketball team.

White led the Swamp Foxes in scoring, assists and steals.

He averaged 12.8 points, 2.7 assists and 2.4 steals to go with 5.2

rebounds. Gerald scored at an 11.2 clip to go with 3.1 rebounds,

2.1 assists and 1.4 steals.

Marion finished the year with a 12-15 overall record

while going 6-6 in region play, good for fourth place. The

Swamp Foxes reached the state playoffs and suffered a tough

69-67 loss to Burke.

Senior Jameir Legette closed out his career with a big

game, scoring 21 points while just missing out on a double-

double with nine rebounds. Gerald finished with 20 points,

while White had 13 points, five rebounds and three steals.

Senior Irenaeus Gurley had six points and three steals, while

senior Tahj Lathon grabbed a team high 10 rebounds to go with

four points.

“It was a year of ups and downs, but in the end we gave

ourselves an opportunity to win every night,” said head coach

DJ Kelly. “Unforunately it didn’t fall our way, but it’s all part of

the journey.”

Legette led MHS in rebounding at 6.3 while averaging 10.8

points. Lathon averaged 4.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, senior

Isaiah Vereen averaged 2.1 points and 2.8 rebounds, and Gurley

averaged 4.0.

The other seniors were Tyrice Davis, LaCoree Timmons,

Juwan Buey, Cortrell Miller, Amari Green and Jahmere

Tart.