2A High School Basketball Preview
Teams to watch
Team | Class | 2014-15 record | Comment |
East Lincoln | 2A | 24-1 | Not a lot of size but lots of experience returns from 2A finalist |
Forest Hills girls | 2A | 10-15 | Four starters back, including senior Raven Mobley (11 ppg, 8 rpg) |
Forest Hills | 2A | 20-7 | Seniors Jordan Blakeney, Zaccheus Rorie lead experienced team |
Hunter Huss | 2A | 16-8 | All-conference Antwanez Barnett and Cress Worthy return |
Indian Land (S.C.) girls | 2A | 14-7 | Three starters back from Region III 2A champs |
Lincolnton | 2A | 18-7 | 3 starters back and 7-foot center Raekwon Long joins the team |
Monroe girls | 2A | 23-5 | Three starters return from NCHSAA semifinalist |
Monroe | 2A | 15-9 | Nicholas Ashcraft (10 ppg, 6 rpg) is among 4 starters returning |
Players to watch
Name | School | Ht. | Pos. | Year | Comment |
Antwanez Barnett | Hunter Huss | 5-10 | G | Sr. | All-conference star returns for loaded team |
Destiny Johnson | East Lincoln girls | 5-7 | G | Soph. | Averaged 20 ppg, 9 rpg, 4 apg, 3.7 spg in 2014-15 |
Nia Pressley | Indian Land (S.C.) girls | 5-7 | G | Jr. | All-region star averaged 17.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg |
Chazz Surratt | East Lincoln | 6-4 | G | Sr. | UNC football recruit averaged 20 ppg last season |
Sage Surratt | East Lincoln | 6-3 | G | Jr. | Averaged nearly 25 ppg last season for N.C. 2A runner-up |
Raekwon Long | Lincolnton | 7-1 | C | Sr. | Florida International recruit plays for 4th team in 4 years |
Cress Worthy | Hunter Huss | 6-1 | G | Jr. | Related to former Gaston County legend James Worthy; all-conf in 2014-15 |
Notes
▪ Lake Norman Charter’s girls averaged 22 wins for five straight seasons until 2014-15. The Knights won 11 games last season. They return five starters, including senior Sarah Novroski, and look like a Big South 2A/3A title contender again
▪ Former Concord coach George Walker takes over at his alma mater, looking to bring some Concord-type success to a Mount Pleasant team that was 3-21 last season. He returns two starters: 6-4 senior Thomas Boshears and 5-11 junior Jacob Lee.
Langston Wertz Jr.
This story was originally published November 11, 2015 at 8:12 PM with the headline "2A High School Basketball Preview."