Top Players of the Week (Week 4)
My week ended at The Grind Session event, watching Briarcrest take on Marshall County. It was the game everyone came to watch.
It was the battle of the point guards. It was supposed to be a battle between junior point guards Kennedy Chandler and Zion Harmon, but it wasn’t a battle at all.
Chandler was the best player on the court, and it wasn’t even close.
There were other great performances from talent in the state of Tennessee this week.
Here are the Top Players of the Week:
Kennedy Chandler, Briarcrest: The junior point guard was arguably the best player on the court Saturday night against Marshall County. He finished with 31 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals in the 79-35 win over the Marshalls. Chandler was named player of the game. Zion Harmon had just nine points, one rebound and one assist. Chandler’s teammate, Michael Malone Jr., finished with 16 points, four rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Kentucky, USC, Duke, Florida State, Iowa State and Ole Miss were all in attendance to see Chandler.
Reese McMullen, Christian Brothers: The junior guard had 16 points, five rebounds and two assists in the 48-42 win over Murray. McMullen was named player of the game. Colin Scifres added 10 points, five rebounds and two assists in the win.
South Alabama was in attendance over the weekend to see McMullen play.
Mousse Cisse, Lausanne: The 6-foot-11 big man had 23 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and two steals in the 68-60 win over Surge Christian. Senior combo guard Jalen Bo Montgomery had 16 points, 14 rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block.
Patrick Smith Jr., Goodpasture: The junior guard had 22 points in the Cougars’ 73-42 win over Friendship Christian. Smith Jr. followed up that performance with an 18-point outing in a 59-46 win over Davidson Academy.
Kameron Jones, ECS: The junior point guard had 17 points against Sacred Heart of Jesus. Hadden Burgess led the team with 19 points.
JaSteven Walker, Fayette Ware: The sophomore big man had 11 points, nine rebounds and six blocks in the 73-46 win over Middleton. Junior point guard Trey Henderson had 11 points and five rebounds in the win.
Justin Borders, Cordova: The senior point guard had 33 points and four assists in the Wolfpack’s overtime victory over Overton Friday night. Senior guard K’Juan Banks added 19 points and 12 rebounds.
T.J. Madlock, Houston: The junior point guard had 19 points in the Mustangs’ win over Center Hill. Mason Miller added 14 points.
Decorian Payton, Center Hill: Payton had 20 points and 16 rebounds in the loss to Houston. He had 22 points and 15 rebounds in the road win at Collierville.
RJ Berkley: The senior guard had 25 points in the 71-61 loss to Kingsbury. Senior Avery Elam added 13.
Ahmed Abdulahi, Kingsbury: The sophomore guard had 15 points in the Falcons’ win at MAHS. Sophomore guard Devin Jackson added 14. Sophomore guard Caleb Jackson provided 11.
Jakel Williams, Overton: Williams had 21 points in the overtime loss to Cordova. Freshman guard Jordan Frison added 18 points. The Wolverines hung in there against the Wolfpack without starters Jason Coleman and Marquon Dean.
Frison had 19 points in Overton’s 75-65 win over Harding Academy. Jonathan Burns added 17. Williams had 13.
Austin Abernathy, Fayette Academy: Abernathy had 15 points in the 71-36 win over Natchez Trace Youth Academy. Ryan Parks (20), Luke Moore (20) and Brett Culver (11) scored majority of the team’s points in a loss to Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Amarion Jones, Westwood: Jones had 16 points, six steals and five assists in the Longhorns’ 80-46 win over Oakhaven. Terrion Whiting and Anthony Neely each had 11 points. Charlie Ivory also had 11 points to go with his five rebounds. Freshman Kelvin Campbell added 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals.
Tadarius Jacobs, Memphis East: The junior guard had 16 points in the Mustangs’ 69-66 win over Wooddale. Duane Posey added 13. Markese Washington added 11. Terrance Jacobs and Kylan Haywood each had 10.
Johnathan Duncan, Wooddale: Duncan had 17 points against Memphis East. Johnathan Lawson added 15.