High school roundup (Jan. 22, 2016)
Boys basketball
▪ (At) Lake City 71, St. James 45 | Tyrek Epps had 20 points and Tyshawn Baines added 17 to lead the Panthers past the Sharks.
▪ ST. JAMES (45): Trey Myers 12, Zach Werba 9, Alex Holmes 3, Jackson Hurston 7, Drew McCann 2, Jordan Fields 6, Sullivan Young 2, Jordan Furlough 8.
▪ LAKE CITY (71): Tyrek Epps 20, Dence Hannah 12, Jawan McDowell 11, Tyshawn Baines 17, T. Singletary 4, J. Matthews 5, E. Johnson 2.
St. James | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | — | 45 |
Lake City | 17 | 23 | 8 | 23 | — | 71 |
▪ 3-point goals: St. James 2 (Werba 1, Holmes 1), Lake City 9 (Epps 4, Hannah 4, Baines 1). Team fouls: St. James 14, Lake City 12. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None.
▪ Records: St. James 8-9 (2-2 Region VII-AAA 2-2), Lake City 3-1 Region VII-AAA.
Girls basketball
▪ St. James 39, (at) Lake City 14 | Following a loss Tuesday night against Myrtle Beach, St. James girls basketball coach Stan Patterson wanted to see better effort from his team on the defensive end.
His team delivered on Friday night at Lake City.
Spurred by a solid effort on the defensive end, the Sharks started the second half on a 15-0 run to open things up against Lake City en route to a big win.
“It was a big win for us,” Patterson said. “After getting beat Tuesday night, it was big for us to get this win and keep pace in conference play.”
St. James was paced by Kimmie Hotzelt’s 10 points, while Kelsi Bachmann added seven of her own.
Makayla Barr led Lake City with four points.
▪ STJ(39): Caroline Tew 2, Kelsi Bachmann 7, Illenne De Los Santos 3, Kimmie Hotzelt 10, Abigail Rumpf 6, Dominique Gross 6, KaSwana Haynes 5.
▪ LC (14): Jocelyn Epps 2, Tierra Burgess 2, Amber Nero 1, Dyesha Lee 2, Makayla Barr 4, Elantryia Moore 3.
STJ | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | — | 39 |
LC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 14 |
▪ 3-point goals: STJ 4 (Bachmann, De Los Santos, Hotzelt 2). Team fouls: STJ 11, LC 10. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None.
▪ Records: STJ 11-6, (3-1 Region VII-AAA), LC 5-7 (0-4).
Games postponed
Due to the winter storm barreling through the Carolinas, several of Friday night’s basketball doubleheaders were postponed to a date yet to be determined. Among the games postponed were: Marion at Waccamaw; Carvers Bay at Hemingway; Green Sea Floyds at Latta; Aynor at Mullins; Georgetown at Wilson.
This story was originally published January 22, 2016 at 10:24 PM with the headline "High school roundup (Jan. 22, 2016)."