Meet the All-Anderson and Pickens area high school girls basketball team, player of year
Meet the All-Anderson and Pickens counties high school girls basketball team, including the Independent-Mail 2024 Player of the year.
Player of Year
Raina McGowens
Wren | Senior
McGowens finished a remarkable six-year varsity career at Wren by leading the Hurricanes to the Class AAA state championship game for the second straight season.
She’s the back-to-back winner of this award.
The 5-foot-10 combo guard averaged 20.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists as Wren went 28-3, including 10-0 in Region 2. She was all-region for the fifth time and all-state for the third time.
If not for the presence of Joyce Edwards, the Camden standout headed to undefeated national champion South Carolina, McGowens might have won a couple of state titles and state player of the year awards of her own.
McGowens, who will play at Furman, is Wren’s all-time leading scorer with 2,270 points. She also finished with 718 rebounds, 501 assists, 385 steals and 70 blocked shots.
Rest of first team
Maggie Chambers
Pickens | Senior
Chambers made all-state in Class AAAA after averaging 15.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals. She helped Pickens go 19-6 and in the two tournament games had double-doubles, 28 points and 23 rebounds total.
Lila Mann
Daniel | Freshman
Mann made all-state after averaging 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists. The 5-7 guard helped Daniel go 9-1 to win Region 1-AAA and finish 17-10 overall. She had 22 points in the regular-season finale to clinch the region.
Ava Owens
Pickens | Sophomore
Owens made all-state after averaging 15.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.6 steals. She had 17 points and 13 boards against eventual Class AAAA state champion Riverside.
Olivia Randolph
Wren | Senior
Randolph made all-state after averaging 8.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.4 blocks. The 6-2 post player was a game-changer inside, especially on the defensive end. She had 12 rebounds and four blocks in the state title game.
Second team
Asia Clinkscales, Westside, So.
Harmoni Earl, T.L. Hanna, Fr.
Khalia Hartwell, Westside, Fr.
Deyana Hayes, Wren Sr.
Ahrianna Scott, Westside, Sr.
This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: SC high school girls basketball: All-Anderson team, player of year
