Blythewood girls, Ridge View boys take over first place in region standings

The Ridge View boys and Blythewood took big steps toward a region championship on Saturday.

RV boys used a big first-half in defeating Blythewood, 64-52, in a matchup of too-ranked teams in Class 5A. Korie Corbett scored 20 points and Yale Davis added 15 points for the Blazers.

Ridge View (17-7, 10-0) leads the Blazers by 1 ½ games in the Region 5-5A standings and can clinch the region title with a win over Sumter on Tuesday or in the rematch against Blythewood on Friday.

RV led 42-23 at halftime and were up by as many as 27 points in the second half.

On the girls side, Blythewood rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Blazers, 59-45 and take over first place in the region. The Bengals (24-1, 11-0) lead RV by a game heading into the final week of the regular season.

Blythewood wins the region with a RV loss at Sumter on Tuesday or with a win over them on Friday.

Chase Thomas led Blythewood with 29 points and India Williams had 16. Williams, a junior, went over 1,000 points in her career during the game.

Other highlights from this weekend’s games include

▪ Braysen Stockman became Ben Lippen’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday, The junior went over 2,000 points for his career, breaking the school’s all-time mark of 1,996.

▪ Keenan boys clinched the region championship with a 56-43 win over Fox Creek.

▪ River Bluff and Dutch Fork boys picked up wins headed into Tuesday’s showdown. River Bluff leads DF by a game in the region standings. If River Bluff wins on Tuesday, it will win the region title. The Gators won a thriller against the Silver Foxes, 49-48, on Jan. 28.

▪ Hammond boys rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to defeat Heathwood Hall, 48-33.

Girls Basketball Scores

Saturday

Blythewood 59, Ridge View 46

B: Chase Thomas 29, India Williams 16, Hightower 9, Waters 3, Guerrero 2. RV: Anasia Harvey 14, Robinson 9, Ferguson 6, Smith 6, Lewis 3, Carter 2, Banks 2, Johnson 2, Willingham 2

Ben Lippen 51, Hammond 36

BL: Laney McEntire 26

Friday

Lower Richland 64 Lakewood 35

LR: Chi’Nya Isaac 27 Mikayla Foster 14 Taelor Hiller 11

Dutch Fork 45, Lexington 31

DF: Michaela Fairwell 12, Lee 8, Niles 8, Crumlin 6, McCree 6

Westwood 66, Lugoff-Elgin 23

W: Alexander 22, Britt 18, Cummings 9, Omiere 8, Heath 5,

Chapin 64, River Bluff 47

Camden 80, York 15

C: Shanaryah Wright 20, Harmony Jefferson 20, Morgan Champion 18, Braylin Mungo 17

White Knoll 43, Irmo 29

AC Flora 54, Dreher 38

Ridge View 74, West Florence 24

Heathwood Hall 73, Hammond 32

HH: Lauren Jacobs 34, Sabreya Monsanto 20, Gore 6, Hayes 6, Jenkins 5, Pope 2. H: Sami Campbell 12, Hailey Inman 10, Campbell 6, Thompson 2, Miller 2

Keenan 58, Fox Creek 25

Gilbert 58, Brookland-Cayce 49

Gray Collegiate 51, South Aiken 17

Thursday

Northside Christian 45, Cardinal Newman 40

NC: Evie Godfrey 20, Campbell Childers 16

Boys Basketball Scores

Saturday

Ridge View 64, Blythewood 52

RV: Korie Corbett 20, Yale Davis 15, Cooper 9, Staley 5, Vankallen 5, Smith 4, Moore 2, Mack 2, Wylie 2. B: TJ Lewis 23, Tyler Stephens 11, Sims 4, Little 4, Davis 3, Hill 2, Jones 1, Moore 1.

Hammond 57, Ben Lippen 39

H: Jaiden Haltiwanger 14Jackson Ross 13, Mekhi Smith Brown 13, Daylin Haltiwanger 10BL: Braysen Stockman 16

Friday

Ridge View 80, West Florence 43

RV: RJ Davis 15, Korie Corbett 11, Van Kallen 9. Horton 9, Y. Davis 8, Staley 7, R. Mack 5, Cooper 3, Moore 6, Smith 3, Wylie 2, J. Mack 2

AC Flora 54, Dreher 33

River Bluff 63, Chapin 43

RB: Dax Avery 12, Yasir Cromer 17, Stallard 3, Cooper Jones 12, Young 6, Brockington 2. C: Tyson Ray 13, Reese Jolley 11, Bradyn Francis 10.

Blythewood 68, Sumter 44

B: TJ Lewis 35, Tyler Stephens 16 S: BJ Brown 29

Irmo 64, White Knoll 38

I: Christian Brown 17, Jaden Rivers 15, Antwoine Pierce 14, Johnson 7.

Dutch Fork 70, Lexington 47

DF: Bryson Taylor 24, Caleb Garner 15, Samajae Govan 14, Justus Bell 13. L: Channing Wood 16, Kyler Hazenwinkel 10

Keenan 56, Fox Creek 43

K: Broderick Anderson 20, Brian Sumpter 19, Zyion Jones 10, Caughman 4, Jacques 2, Simmons 5

Camden 61, York 48

C: Jahmarie McLeod 23, Williams 9, Haunert 9, Green 8, Jones 6, Meagley 4, Loney 2.

Hammond 48, Heathwood Hall 43

H; Jackson Ross 14, Jaiden Haltiwanger 14, D. Haltiwanger 7, Smith-Brown 6, Goddard 4, Saunders 3, HH: Tristen McCleary 16, Deuce Claxton 12, Hunter 5, Pertile 5, Nichols 3, Morris 2

CA Johnson 59, Lamar 45

CAJ: Tony Odom 21, Milton McCray 17

Richard Winn 52, Anderson Christian 44

Columbia 49, Chester 40

Brookland-Cayce 97, Gilbert 53

BC: Isaiah Oree 20, Nate Hughes 17, Beckett Riley 14, Isaiah Daniels 12, King 8, Finch 8, Jones 6, Edwards 4, Richardson 4, Weeks 2

Lugoff-Elgin 50, Westwood 47

Gray Collegiate 69, South Aiken 40

GC: LJ Britt 12, Quan McDuffie 14

Thursday

Northside Christian 75, Cardinal Newman 63

NC: Hilton Dessasure 19, Jaylen Weaver 18, Dalton Gadson 11. CN: Luis Echevarria 37, Wade Marsh 11

Gray Collegiate 92, Gilbert 49

GC: Jayden Rowe 18, LJ Britt 14, Levi Nall 13, Quan McDuffie 11