The Carolinas’ Top 50 junior high school basketball players
With the high school basketball season winding down, players in the class of 2018 will soon be off to college.
It’s perhaps the best and deepest class the state has produced with two McDonald’s All-Americans (Providence Day’s Devon Dotson and Wilson Greenfield’s Coby White) and eight top 100 players nationally.
But now let’s take a look at who’s next. Here is Phenom Hoop Report’s ranking for the top 25 players in the class of 2019 in North and South Carolina, plus a look at five sophomores from the Carolinas to watch
N.C. 2019 Top 25
Rk. | Name | Height | Hometown | High School |
1 | Wendell Moore | 6-6 | Concord | Cox Mill |
2 | Jalen Lecque | 6-4 | Arden | Christ School |
3 | Joey Baker* | 6-8 | Fayetteville | Trinity Christian |
4 | Josh Nickelberry | 6-5 | Fayetteville | Northwood Temple |
5 | Jae-lyn Withers | 6-9 | Huntersville | North Mecklenburg |
6 | Patrick Williams | 6-8 | Charlotte | West Charlotte |
7 | Audiese Toney | 6-6 | Fayetteville | Trinity Christian |
8 | Greg Gantt | 6-8 | Fayetteville | Trinity Christian |
9 | Brandon Stone | 6-11 | Arden | Christ School |
10 | Donovan Gregory | 6-4 | Charlotte | Carmel Christian |
11 | Emmanuel Izunbar | 6-9 | Fayetteville | Fayetteville Academy |
12 | Keyshaun Langley | 6-0 | High Point | Wesleyan Christian |
13 | Khuath Gatkuoth | 6-7 | Fayetteville | Village Christian |
14 | Malik Johnson | 6-1 | Raleigh | Word of God |
15 | Chester Makoi | 6-10 | Durham | Mount Zion |
16 | Kobe Langley | 6-1 | High Point | Wesleyan Christian |
17 | Imajae Dodd | 6-7 | Snow Hill | Greene Central |
18 | Damian Dunn | 6-5 | Kinston | Kinston |
19 | Caleb Mills | 6-3 | Asheville | Asheville Christian |
20 | Jalen Benjamin | 5-11 | Raleigh | Leesville Road |
21 | Justin McKoy | 6-7 | Cary | Panther Creek |
22 | Elbert Ellis | 6-2 | Durham | Mount Zion |
23 | Skaheel Moore | 6-0 | Cameron | Piedmont Classical |
24 | Jake Vanderheijden | 6-8 | Raleigh | Ravenscroft |
25 | Deangelo Epps | 6-4 | Charlotte | Charlotte Country Day |
*Baker has committed to Duke
S.C. 2019 Top 25
Rk. | Name | Height | Hometown | High School |
1 (tie) | Juwan Gary | 6-6 | Columbia | Gray Collegiate |
1 (tie) | Josiah James | 6-6 | Charleston | Porter Gaud |
3 | Christian Brown | 6-7 | Columbia | Lower Richland |
4 | DJ Burns | 6-8 | Rock Hill | York Prep |
5 | Trae Hannibal | 6-2 | Harstville | Hartsville |
6 | Malcolm Wilson | 6-10 | Columbia | Ridge View |
7 | Mikey Dukes | 5-10 | Charleston | First Baptist |
8 | Derricko Williams | 6-7 | Rock Hill | York Prep |
9 | Juwan Purdue | 6-8 | Sumter | Lakewood |
10 | CJ Felder | 6-7 | Sumter | Sumter |
11 | Chico Carter | 6-1 | Columbia | Cardinal Newman |
12 | Nate Dunlop | 6-6 | Augusta | Augusta Christian (GA) |
13 | Khydarius Smith | 6-7 | Fort Mill | Nations Ford |
14 | Deuce Dean | 6-4 | Irmo | York Prep |
15 | Marlowe Gilmore | 6-6 | Norway | Hunter Tyler Kinard |
16 | Tommy Bruner | 6-1 | Columbia | Gray Collegiate |
17 | Mike Green | 6-2 | Myrtle Beach | Christian Academy |
18 | RJ Campbell | 6-7 | Greenville | Southside |
19 | Shane McCravy | 6-4 | Charleston | Oceanside Collegiate |
20 | Zeb Graham | 6-1 | Fort Mill | Nations Ford |
21 | Khalil Robinson | 6-0 | Columbia | Gray Collegiate |
22 | Tre Jackson | 6-1 | Blythewood | Blythewood |
23 | Donta King | 6-7 | Greenville | Legacy Charter |
24 | Dallaz Corbitt | 6-6 | Anderson | Gray Collegiate |
25 | Allen Williamson | 6-3 | Florence | Wilson |
Five sophomores to watch
Jaden Springer, Rocky River, 6-4; Justice Ajogbor, Arden Christ School, 6-10; Jalen Cone, Walkertown, 5-9; Tristan Maxwell, North Mecklenburg, 6-2; Day’Ron Sharpe, Winterville South Central, 6-8
This story was originally published February 17, 2018 at 10:59 AM with the headline "The Carolinas’ Top 50 junior high school basketball players."