Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week (1/29/2024)?

Here are 10 players for your voting consideration

Mike Duprez | Jan 29, 2024

We have 10 players nominated this week for SBLive’s South Carolina Boys Basketball Player of the Week from Jan. 15-20 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.

Congratulations to last week's winner: Lamont Jackson of C.A. Johnson.

Here are this week's nominees:

Jaylen Tillman, Richland Northeast

The 6-foot-6 senior scored 24 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in the Cavaliers’ 51-49 victory over Lugoff-Elgin.

Drew Spires, Richard Winn Academy

The 6-foot-2 senior poured in a career-high 36 points on 14-of-20 shooting as the Eagles raced past Wardlaw Academy 86-42. Then he topped off his week by scoring 33 points and going over 1,000 for his career in a 65-24 win over Laurens Academy. Spires is averaging 19.6 points per game.

Michael Jones, Pinewood Prep

The 6-foot-5 senior posted 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals with only one turnover in the Panthers’ 70-41 win over Laurence Manning Academy.

Evan Enos, James F. Byrnes

Enos scored 27 points, with most coming on shooting 7-of-9 from 3-point range, as the Rebels ran away from Gaffney 93-66. That’s well above the 6-foot-7 junior’s average of 9.4 points.

Braylen Silver, Greer Middle College

Silver had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 7 steals in a 67-44 win over Greenville Tech Charter.

Tilden Riley, Orangeburg Prep

The 6-foot-4 sophomore had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocked shots in a 64-45 win over Palmetto Christian.

Clyde Mauldin, Porter-Gaud

Mauldin scored 18 points to help the Cyclones overcome the absence of their leading scorer and rebounder to down First Baptist 59-52.

Kenard Heyward, Carvers Bay

The 5-foot-9 sophomore guard scored 30 points in a 59-56 loss to Johnsonville.

Conrad Balder, Williamsburg Academy

Balder led the way with 23 points as Williamsburg beat Lee Academy 65-50.

Published Jan 29, 2024

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.