High School Sports

AC Flora’s Will Willard voted The State’s high school boys basketball Player of Week

The votes are in, and AC Flora’s Will Willard 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.

This week’s nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.

Boys Player of Week nominees

Alex Atkinson, Lower Richland: Senior averaged 16 points in Diamond Hornets wins, which included defeating Dreher for the Region 5-3A championship.

Justus Bell, Dutch Fork: Sophomore averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds in Silver Foxes’ two games last week.

Zion Brown, Westwood: Senior averaged 18.5 points, eight rebounds and 5.5 blocks in Redhawks’ two wins, including region-clinching win over Richland Northeast.

Yasir Cromer, River Bluff: Junior averaged 19 points, 5.5 assists, four rebounds and two steals in Gators’ two games last week.

Lamont Jackson, CA Johnson: Senior averaged 19.5 points in two games and scored 28 in the region-title clinching win over Great Falls.

Nic Nichols, Heathwood Hall: Junior averaged 17.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, three assists and shot 55.6% in Highlanders’ two games last week.

Will Olden, Blythewood: Senior averaged 17.5 points in Bengals’ two victories last week.

Asa Price, Eau Claire: Junior averaged 24 points in Shamrocks’ two wins over Columbia.

Will Willard, AC Flora: Junior had 18 points as Falcons knocked off No. 1 Ridge View.

This story was originally published February 12, 2024 at 2:48 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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