Camden girls basketball team has snother successful year
Braylin Mungo,Morgan Champion both selected to AAAA All-State team
Camden – The Camden High School girls basketball team saw its run as a 2-time defending
state champion come to an end this season. All in all though, it was still a pretty good season for the
Bulldogs.
They finished with a 17-7 overall record and reached the second round of the AAAA state
playoffs after winning the AAA crown the previous two seasons. Camden was led by senior Morgan
Champion and sophomore Braylin Mungo. Both were selected to the South Carolina Basketball
Coaches Association AAAA All-Sate team as well as being picked for the All-Region 3-AAAA team.
Champion averaged 14.1 points per contest to go with 3.3 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 2.7 assists
Mungo led the Bulldogs in scoring, assists and steals with averages of 15.1, 4.8 and 5.0, respectively. She
also grabbed 2.1 rebounds.
There were changes galore for Camden heading into the season. Not only did the nation’s No 1
player, Joyce Edwards, graduate, but head coach Natalie Norris decided to step down. Also, Camden
moved to AAAA after reclassification.
The Bulldogs finished in a tie for second with A.C. Flora in Region 3 with a 9-3 record. South
Pointe won the region with a 12-0 and was undefeated before losing to Westside in the Upper State
championship game, its 30th contest of the season.
Lewis Mungo, the father of Braylin, was pretty happy with his first year at the helm as head
coach.
“I feel this season was very successful,” he said. “We had a team with one senior, six sophomores
and a freshman. Every team we lost to with the exception of one was a state champion, a state runner-up
or in the Final Four.
"I’m very excited to see what the future holds for us.”
The Bulldogs’ other starters, Jillian Rush, Harmony Jefferson and Sharnayah Wright – all
sophomores -- were also All-Region.
Jefferson averaged 12.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 3.9 steals. Rush averaged 10.9
points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.8 steals. Wright led in rebounding with an 11.4 average and
blocked shots at 1.6. She also averaged 9.4 points, 2.6 assists and 3.0 steals.
JAHMARIE MCLEOD BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-REGION PICK
Senior Jahmarie McLeod was the lone Camden player selected to the All-Region 3 boys
basketball team.
McLeod led the Bulldogs in the four major categories He averaged 19.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9
assists and 2.3 steals.
Camden finished 8-19 overall and 2-10 in region play. However, that was good enough to earn a
berth in the state playoffs. The Bulldogs lost to Wren 92-66 in the first round.
“This year was a learning/rebuilding year,” said head coach Sterling Council. “We were very
young and very inexperienced. We only had one returning player, who was our leading scorer.
“It was challenging playing in the AAAA classification with so many great teams in the region.
We leaned a lot and grew as players and coaches this year.”
Sophomore Will Haurnet averaged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds, while junior Derrick Loney led
in blocked shots at 1.2 to go with a 3.3 scoring average and 4.3 rebounds. Junior Jay Cook averaged 5.8
points and 2.1 rebounds.
