Basketball roundup: Ridge View boys dominate rematch with Westwood. Gray sweeps NA

The Ridge View boys basketball team avenged its only region loss on Tuesday night.

The Blazers led throughout in the 64-47 win over Westwood in front of a sellout crowd and matchup of two of the area’s top teams. Ridge View entered the game ranked No. 1 in Class 5A Division I, while Westwood (18-2, 7-1) was No. 2 in 5A Division II poll.

Westwood won the first matchup between the two teams, 64-61, on Jan. 5. But the rematch was one-sided with the Blazers (18-3, 6-1) leading 12-3 after the first quarter and going ahead by 17 points to start the fourth quarter.

Ridge View has five region games left and Westwood has four. If the two teams finish tied in the region standings, the Blazers get the tiebreaker because of point differential in the two games.

CJ Moore and JT Vankallen led the Blazers with 16 points. RJ Davis added 14 points and Talan Staley had 10.

D’Marcus Thomas led Westwood with 16 points and Jayden Crews had 13.

In the girls game, Westwood rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Blazers, 52-49. Amari Alexander led the Redhawks with 18 points and Teoni Cummings added 10.

Aniyah Carr and Reagan Ferguson each had 10 points to leave Ridge View.

Gray Collegiate sweeps North Augusta

Top-ranked Gray Collegiate rallied from an early first-quarter deficit to defeat North Augusta, 54-46, to win a matchup of the top two teams in Region 5-4A.

With the win, Gray sweeps the season series from the Yellow Jackets and is in the driver’s seat for the region title and No. 1 seed for 4A playoffs.

The War Eagles trailed 14-7 after the first quarter but outscored the Yellow Jackets, 18-8 in the second to lead 25-22 at halftime. Gray hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter.

Levi Ball led Gray with 19 points, including a jumper at the end of the third quarter to put Gray up 39-37. Luis Echevarria added 10 points.

Tristan Anderson led NA with 18 points.

Tuesday’s Boys Basketball Scores

Ben Lippen 83, Cardinal Newman 51

BL: Braysen Stockman 31, Maddox Stockman 17, DJ Slaughter 11

Blythewood 52, Spring Valley 35

Dreher 58, Camden 40

D: Nate Anderson 12, Marcus Johnson 12, Jordan Brown 10, Ari Floyd 10.

Heathwood Hall 62, Hammond 57

Midland Valley 47, Brookland-Cayce 43

Saluda 80, Batesburg-Leesville 64

Sumter 57, Lugoff-Elgin 34

Tuesday’s Girls Basketball Scores

Ben Lippen 50, Cardinal Newman 10

Blythewood 74, Spring Valley 29

Camden 82, Dreher 39

C: Braylin Mungo 19, LA Alexander 18, Harmony Jefferson 17, Jillian Rush 11

Hammond 46, Heathwood Hall 30

Lugoff-Elgin 43, Sumter 34

Midland Valley 60, Brookland-Cayce 40

North Augusta 59, Gray Collegiate 21

GC: Britt 7. NA: Ashley Walker 30, Celena Grant 16.

Northside Christian 65, Augusta Christian 46

NC: Jubilee Beckwith 12, Maddie Coker 22, Kaleigh Howell 18

Saluda 46, Batesburg-Leesville 17

S: JaBria Brunson 15, Ceddrianna Springs 17

SC Basketball Coaches Polls

Class 5A Division I Boys: 1. Ridge View; 2 Dutch Fork; 3. West Ashley; 4. Cane Bay; 5. Byrnes; 6. Dorman; 7. Ashley Ridge; 8. Spartanburg; 9. Carolina Forest; 10. Sumter

Class 5A Division II Boys: 1. Riverside; 2. Westwood; 3. Goose Creek; 4. TL Hanna; 5. Fort Mill; 6. Greenville; 7. St. James; 8. Indian Land; 9. Irmo; 10. Eastside

Class 4A Boys: 1. Gray Collegiate; 2. North Augusta; 3. Wilson; 4. Bluffton; 5. Darlington; 6. Crestwood; 7. Brookland-Cayce; 8. May River; 9. Laurens; 10. South Pointe

Class 3A Boys: 1. Christ Church; 2. Loris; 3. Fox Creek; 4. Georgetown; 5. Keenan; 6. Waccamaw; 7. St. Joseph’s; 8. Battery Creek; 9. Orangeburg-Wilkingson; 10. Chapman

Class 2A Boys: 1. High Point Academy; 2. Andrew Jackson; 3. Central; 4. Mullins; 5. Hampton County; 6. Liberty; 7. Chesnee; 8. Philip Simmons; 9. Burke; 10. (tie) Marion; 10. (tie) Fairfield Central

Class A Boys: 1. Horse Creek Academy; 2. CA Johnson; 3. Bethune Bowman; 4. Carvers Bay; 5. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler; 6. Latta; 7. Calhoun County; 8. Green Sea Floyds; 9. Abbeville; 10. Charleston Math & Science

Class 5A Division I Girls: 1. Byrnes; 2. Blythewood; 3. Dorman; 4. Mauldin; 5. Lexington; 6. Wando; 7. Spartanburg; 8. Carolina Forest; 9. Ridge View; 10. Clover

Class 5A Division II Girls: 1. North Myrtle Beach; 2. Goose Creek; 3. Greenwood; 4. Berkeley; 5. Gaffney; 6. Irmo; 7. Greenville; 8. Eastside; 9. St. James; 10. Chapin

Class 4A Girls: 1. Westside; 2. North Augusta; 3. South Pointe; 4. Camden; 5. Daniel; 6. South Florence; 7. Blue Ridge; 8. Gray Collegiate; 9. Wilson; 10. Darlington

Class 3A Girls: 1. Walhalla; 2. Dillon; 3. Oceanside Collegiate; 4. St. Joseph’s; 5. Keenan; 6. Southside Christian; 7 West Oak; 8. Aynor; 9. Fox Creek; 10. Chapman

Class 2A Girls: 1. Clinton; 2. Atlantic Collegiate; 3. Andrew Jackson; 4. Landrum; 5. Kingstree; 6. Ninety-Six; 7. Burke; 8. Timberland; 9. Marion; 10. Blacksburg

Class A Girls: 1. Military Magnet; 2. North; 3. Great Falls; 4. Latta; 5. Hunter-Kinard Tyler; 6. Denmark-Olar; 7. McBee; 8. Lewisville; 9. McCormick; 10. Bamberg-Ehrhardt

This story was originally published January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM.