South Carolina signee Joyce Edwards sets single-game scoring mark in Camden win

After being selected for the McDonald’s All-American game earlier this week, Joyce Edwards delivered an all-american performance Friday night.

The South Carolina signee and Camden High School standout scored a career-high 52 points in helping the Bulldogs to a 98-36 victory.

The 52 points are believed to be a school-record and top her previous career-high of 44 points she had as a freshman against Lugoff-Elgin on Dec. 11, 2020. It was the fifth time in her career she has scored more than 40 points in a game.

Edwards is the first area girls basketball player to score more than 50 points in a game since Keenan’s MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 54 against Wilson on Jan. 18, 2020. Fulwiley and Edwards will be teammates next year at South Carolina.

Edwards, the No. 2 ranked prospect in the country for Class of 2024, was 22-of-26 from the field and was 8-of-11 from the free-throw line. She also was close to a triple-double with 18 rebounds, nine assists, eight steals and five blocks.

Camden, the top-ranked team in Class 3A, is 19-2 on the season and leads Region 6-3A with a 6-0 record. The Bulldogs have scored 85 points or more in five of their past six games.

Top-ranked Westwood boys win

The Westwood boys started their second time through Region 4-4A play with a 56-46 win over AC Flora.

The Redhawks, the No. 1 ranked team in 4A, moved to 17-1 on the season and 6-0 in region play. Westwood leads Ridge View by a game in the standings with the two teams playing each other on Feb. 2.

Senior guard TJ Bell led Westwood with 20 points while Zion Brown and Dontae Walters each had 12 points. Brown and Bell came up big in the fourth quarter as Westwood pulled away.

After AC Flora cut the Redhawks’ lead to 39-33, Brown hit back-to-back 3-pointers and then Bell hit a 3-pointer and was fouled to push the lead to 52-34 with 3:24 left.

“I consistently tell the guys we have a run coming so we got to handle our emotions until it comes,” Westwood coach Trent Robinson said. “I challenged them at the end of the third quarter, telling them they need a stop and score, stop and score. We did exactly that and then we hit those threes.”

Westwood did a good job containing AC Flora’s 3-point shooting, limiting the Falcons to just three 3-pointers. The Falcons drained 16 3-pointers a week ago against Lugoff-Elgin.

Cooper Wiley led AC Flora with 13 points.

Friday’s top performances

▪ Lexington, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 5A boys, won its 20th game of the season with a 72-51 win over Chapin. Texas signee Cam Scott had 25 points, Jaxon Prunty had 21 and Kaleb Evans 16.

▪ The CA Johnson boys went on the road and defeated No. 1-ranked Lewisville, 61-52, in Class A action. Lamont Jackson led the way with 18 points as the Green Horners move into a first-place tie with Great Falls in the 3-A standings.

▪ Presbyterian signee Alex Atkinson scored 28 points as the Lower Richland boys bounced back from their first region loss with a 50-32 win over Brookland-Cayce.

▪ The Northside Christian girls rallied from a double-figure deficit to defeat Thomas Sumter, 67-63, in double overtime. The Crusaders finished the game with just five players after three of them fouled out.

Friday’s scores

Girls

AC Flora 55, Westwood 40

ACF: Terriana Gray 19, Tamira Delaney 14, Mason 8, MccRay 6. Curnell 4, McDonald-Craft 4. W: Makiah Thompson 14, Britt 9, Entzminger 4, Davis 1, Cummings 4, Curry 4, Omeire 2, Clarke 2.

Ridge View 82, Lugoff-Elgin 44

RV: Lucia Bailey 15, Destiny Drakeford 12. Simone Johnson 15, Anasia Harvey 16

Camden 98, Darlington 36

C: Joyce Edwards 52, Braylin Mungo 15, Zyasia Carter 13, Jefferson 8, Wright 5, Jeffcoat 2, Jackson 2, Davis 1

Lexington 44, Chapin 35

L: Izzy Saville 12, Anderson 8. C: Haggard 8, Stephenson 8

Airport 47, Midland Valley 41

Lower Richland 60, Brookland-Cayce 8

LR: Chi’Nya Isaac 12, Jhnai Sumter 11, Mikayla Foster 10, Taelor Hiller 10. Green 9, Weeks 1, Curry 8.

Blythewood 47, Fort Mill 38

Heathwood Hall 68, Cardinal Newman 30

HH: Lauren Jacobs 33, Sabreya Monsanto 14, Camillea Gore 11, Hayes 8, Rhooms 2. CN: Teonna Draughn 17, Carlson 5, Laubacker 4, Balkman 2, Wilkinson 2

Irmo 41, Richland Northeast 27

Northside Christian 67, Thomas Sumter 63 (2 OT)

Orangeburg-Wilkinson 65, Gilbert 39

River Bluff 39, White Knoll 38 (OT)

Boys

Westwood 56, AC Flora 46

AC: Cooper Wiley 13, Maxwell-Timmons 2, Gray 6, Will Willard 11, Johnson 5, Murray 4. W: TJ Bell 20, Roberts 3, Zion Brown 12, Thomas 2, R. Brown 2, L. Brown 3, Dontae Walters 12.

Ridge View 64, Lugoff-Elgin 51

Cardinal Newman 56, Heathwood Hall 44

CN: Josiah Peeples 18, Elton Smith Jr. 15, Amarii King 14, Evan Carter 9. HH: Chase Reuss 14, Nichols 8, Ravenell 8, Morris 5, Pertile 4, Jackson 4, Hughes 1.

Lexington 72, Chapin 51

L: Cam Scott 25, Laxon Prunty 21, Kaleb Evans 16, Campbell 4, Byrd 4, Burgess 2. C: Cayman Collins 22, Tyson Ray 12.

Hammond 64, Ben Lippen 50

H: Jackson Ross 15, Mike Tyler 14, Jaiden Haltiwanger 10, D Haltiwanger 8, Sanders 6, Smith-Brown 8, Cruea 3. BL: Braysen Stockman 37, M. Stockman 8, Herd 3, Nichols 2

River Bluff 61, White Knoll 42

RB: Luke Chapman 19, Yasir Cromer 19

Blythewood 51, Fort Mill 46

B: TJ Lewis 23, Will Olden 13. FM: A. Washington 23, L. Parker 11

Irmo 44, Richland Northeast 38

I: AJ Brand 13, Jeremy Robinson 12, Henderson 8, Murph 7

Keenan 69, Columbia 49

K: Brian Sumpter 14, Broderick Anderson 10, Cedric Schofield 14, T. McNeil 2, McCullough 1, Robinson 4, N. McNeil 6, Odom 3, Simmons 8

Darlington 56, Camden 41

C: Izzy Macklin 13, Jahmarie McLoud 11, Stratford 8, Moore 7, Howey 2. D: Dubose 18.

Midland Valley 59, Airport 57

CA Johnson 61, Lewisville 52

CAJ: Lamont Jackson 18, Jayden Guess 14 Anthony Brooks 11 L: Jakarri Strong 16, Jalen Culp 22

Dreher 86, Swansea 29

D: Jeremiah Hollins 17, Jordan Brown 12

Richard Winn 65, Laurens Academy 24

RW: Drew Spires 33, L. Smith 6, J. Autry 6, M. Stuck 5, C. Bonds 5, E. Steward 4, B. Nicholson 4, J. Tyndall 2

Strom Thurmond 49, Batesburg-Leesville 41

BL: Ta’Maj Gilliam 14, Clark 9, Whitt 6, Stewart 3, Wooden 4, Odom 2.

Northside Christian 68, Thomas Sumter 19