Cabarrus County high school basketball players to watch

Girls

Mahaley Holit, Central Cabarrus, 5-4, Sr., G: Averaged 21 points, six assists and four steals last season. Committed to Hampton.

Camille Small, Concord First Assembly, 5-9, Jr., G: Independence High transfer averaged 13 points and was All-Southwestern 4A as a sophomore.

Gabby Smith, Hickory Ridge, 5-10, Jr., F: Two-time South Piedmont all-conference star averaged 13 points, 11 rebounds last season.

Shemya Stanback, A.L. Brown, 5-6, Sr., G: Averaged a near triple-double last season (11 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists).

Zaria Wright, Concord First Assembly, 5-8, Sr., G: Averaged 26 points last season and was Metrolina Conferene Player of the Year.

Boys

Lavar Batts Jr., Concord Robinson, 6-3, Sr., G: Virginia Commonwealth commit is top-ranked senior recruit in North Carolina; averaged 20 points for N.C. 3A champions.

Jakai Brewton, Concord Carolina International, 6-1, Jr., G: Averaged 20 points last season.

Jairus Hamilton, Qon Murphy, Cannon School: Hamilton, a national top 40 recruit, is a 6-8, 220-pound sophomore with major college offers from multiple Power 5 conference schools. Murphy, a 6-6 wing, was all-conference in the MECKA at Hough last season.

Wendell Moore, Caleb Stone-Carrawell, Cox Mill: Moore, a 6-5 sophomore, is a national recruit and has nine Division I offers. He averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists last season. Carrawell, 6-5 sophomore, is son of former Duke star Chris Carrawell.

Hamsah Nasirildeen, Concord, 6-5, Sr., F: South Carolina football commit averaged 15 points for the Spiders last season. Concord has won at least 23 games nine times in 10 years.

This story was originally published November 8, 2016 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Cabarrus County high school basketball players to watch."