High School Sports

B-C’s Nate Hughes voted Midlands high school boys basketball player of week

The votes are in, and Brookland-Cayce’s Nate Hughes wins the vote for The State’s Midlands High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week.

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll will be up on Monday afternoon.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.

Congrats to all the nominees. Cast your vote below the bios:

Boys Player of Week nominees

Alex Atkinson, Lower Richland: Senior had 30 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks, three assists and two steals in Diamond Hornets’ win over River Bluff on Friday.

Jacob Clark, Mid-Carolina: Senior forward scored 27 points, had six rebounds and two steals in Rebels’ game against Emerald last week.

Ta’Maj Gilliam, Batesburg-Leesville: Sophomore scored 19 points, had three rebounds, three assists and two steals in Panthers’ win over Horse Creek Academy.

Nate Hughes, Brookland-Cayce: Hughes scored 18 points and had four rebounds in a win over Dutch Fork last week.

Israel Macklin, Camden: Macklin scored 28 points, had eight rebounds, three steals, three assists and two blocks in the Bulldogs’ region-opening game against Lakewood on Friday.

Cam Scott, Lexington: Texas signee scored 28 points in win over Summerville last Tuesday.

Joshua Smith, Ridge View: Senior had 11 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in win over Lugoff-Elgin.

Braylhan Thomas, Gray Collegiate: Georgia Southern signee averaged 19.6 points in War Eagles’ three wins last week.

This story was originally published January 8, 2024 at 1:51 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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