Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina Boys’ Basketball Player of the Week (12/18/2023)?

Here are 10 players for your consideration

Mike Duprez | Dec 18, 2023

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina Boys’ Basketball Player of the Week (12/18/2023)? /

We have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s South Carolina Boys’ Player of the Week from Dec. 10-16 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Dec. 23 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.

Congratulations to last week's winner: Tristan Thompson of Wilson.

Here are this week's nominees:

Michael Jones, Pinewood Prep

Jones scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 90-69 win over Laurence Manning Academy. The 6-foot-5 guard also tallied 25 points in a 63-59 win over Bishop England.

Yasir Cromer, River Bluff

Cromer had 16 points and 6 assists as the Gators ran away with an 81-50 win over Midland Valley.

Braysen Stockman, Ben Lippen

The 6-foot-2 guard was productive in all areas as he got 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals in a 74-54 win over Northside Christian.

Sam Medalie, Atlantic Collegiate Academy

Medalie, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, scored 26 points while connecting on six 3-pointers as the Armada beat Morehead (N.C.) 76-71.

Cazz Williams, Fort Dorchester

The 6-foot senior guard scored 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 7 assists as the Patriots pulled out a 58-56 overtime win against Orangeburg-Wilkinson.

Isaiah Scott-Palacios, Greenwood Christian

Scott-Palacios, a 6-foot-1 senior guard, had 29 points and 10 rebounds in an 83-82 double-overtime win over Northside Christian.

Terrence Cartledge, McCormick

The 6-foot-5 sophomore forward/center scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and had 9 rebounds in a 65-29 win over Whitmire. Cartledge had 14 points and 9 rebounds as the Chief beat Emerald 65-53. He also got 12 points in the Chiefs’ 76-10 rout of Thornwell Charter.

Jackson Burnham, Nation Ford

Burnham scored 32 points in a 76-67 loss to Lancaster. Earlier in the week, the 6-foot-3 senior scored 36 points in a 69-67 loss to Indian Land.

Nori Adams, Marlboro County

The 6-foot-4 senior scored 19 points in the Bulldogs’ 56-35 win over Scotland County (N.C.).

J.J. Davis, Mullins

Davis, a 5-foot-11 senior guard, scored 19 points in the Auctioneers’ 81-34 rout of Latta. Earlier in the week, he got 29 points as the Auctioneers pounded Loris 77-49.

Published Dec 18, 2023

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.