Monday’s area sports briefs: St. James wrestling reaches Lower State final

MURRELLS INLET -- The St. James wrestling team defeated Bluffton 62-18 on Monday night to reach the Lower State final.

The Sharks grapple at Chapin – a winner over Socastee on Tuesday – in the Lower State final Wednesday with a state title berth on the line.

High school boys basketball

•  (At) Coastal Christian Prep 68, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 53 | Kendall Henry had 13 points, 10 rebounds and six assists but Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach fell to Coastal Christian Prep.

Michael Graham scored a game-high 32 points for Coastal Christian.

•  CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (53) – Austin Guyton 4, Max Smith 8, Alex Morris 6, Cole Gore 8, Matt Doria 4, Garrett Richards 10, Kendall Henry 13.

•  COASTAL CHRISTIAN (68) – Michael Graham 32, Tripp Harmon 2, Dillon Poole 14, Michael Smoak 5, Javed Reid 4, Noah McBrearity 11.

• 3-point goals: CAMB 2 (Morris 2); CCP 4 (Poole 2, Graham, Smoak). Team fouls: CAMB 23, CCP 16. Fouled out: Gore. Technical fouls: None.

• Records: CAMB (15-9, 7-3 SCISA IV-A), CCP (21-2, 10-0 SCISA IV-A).

•  Dillon 72, (at) Loris 71 | Devante Claridy had a team-high 16 points, Travante Wilson had 13, and Tyree Floyd had 12 but Loris fell to Dillon on a last-second three-pointer.

•  DILLON (72) – Saunders 10, Bathea 14, Page 11, Smith 18, Cabbagestalk 6, Hayes 9, Hargrove 1, Dixon 2, Williams 1.

•  LORIS (71) – Devante Claridy 16, Trois Bennett 9, Stefone Clark 2, Travante Wilson 13, Deontae Wideman 7, Kentrez Hilton 6, Tyree Floyd 12, Latrez Chestnut 4, Damien Ford 2.

• 3-point goals: Dillon 6 (Saunders 2, Page 1, Cabbagestalk 2, Hayes 1); Loris 0. Team fouls: Dillon 16, Loris 15. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: Claridy.

• Records: Dillon N/A, Loris (4-15, 2-7).

(At) Marion 65, Waccamaw 53 | A.J. Grant had 15 points and Noah Gulley added 13 but the Warriors fell short.

WACCAMAW (53) – Noah Gulley 13, Taylor King 6, Blake Dwyer 4, A.J. Grant 15, Trevor Newbauer 8, Todd Milton 1, Matt Fisher 2, Jay Burdette 2, Taylor Deane 2

MARION (65) – D. Kelly 13, K. Foxworth 16, L. Adams 1, M. McKelvy 8, Y. Raul 1, C. Washington 2, T. Wiggins 4, E. Nelson 2, M. Outlaw 3, D. Emanuel 15

3-point goals: Waccamaw 1 (Grant); Marion 2 (Foxworth 1, Outlaw 1).

Team fouls: Waccamaw 18, Marion 19. Fouled out: King (Waccamaw). Technical

fouls: Marion.

Records: Waccamaw 7-15 (3-6 Region VII-AA)

High school girls basketball

•  Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 60, (at) Coastal Christian Prep 28 | Mary Chandler Butler had a game-high 30 points, 10 rebounds and 12 steals and Caroline Gore had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals as Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach routed Coastal Christian Prep.

Simi Oduwale added 10 points, 20 rebounds, five steals and two blocks and Rebekah Bowers had four points, eight rebounds, 10 steals and two blocks for Christian Academy.

•  Lowcountry Prep 60, (at) Palmetto Christian Academy 58 (OT) | Sydney Derrick and Leldon McClary had 17 points each as Lowcountry Prep got past Palmetto Christian Academy.

Derrick also grabbed 12 rebounds and all nine of Lowcountry Prep’s overtime points were scored by McClary.

•  LOWCOUNTRY PREP (60) – Jessica Kavanagh 3, Rachael Exum 8, Leldon McClary 17, Elizabeth Zieser 2, Marguerite McClary 1, Sydney Derrick 17, Winifer Mercado 6, Jessica Mangialado 4.

PALMETTO CHRISTIAN (58) – C. Caulder 30, J. Strout 4, A. Connelly 2, A. Pascutti 5, H. Hester 5, L. Wilson 12.

• 3-point goals: Lowcountry 0; Palmetto Christian 5 (Caulder 4, Wilson 1). Team fouls: Lowcountry 17, Palmetto Christian 20. Fouled out: Strout. Technical fouls: None.

• Records: Lowcountry 15-4, 8-0 SCISA IV, Palmetto Christian 12-8, 6-2

CCU women’s basketball

•  (At) Coastal Carolina 74, UNC Asheville 58 | Shatia Cole and Taylor Epley each scored 15 points to lead four Chanticleers in double figures.

Olivia Irick (12) and Kayla Cook (10) also were double figures as Coastal won its second straight game.