Mount Vernon Presbyterian guard Autumn Burnette scored 43 points with 14 rebounds and seven steals in a 69-43 victory over Galloway last week, but there was nothing extraordinary about it for the 5-foot-10 junior.
Burnette scored 45 earlier this season against Riverwood, and she pulled 22 rebounds against Excel Christian.
Burnette’s Class A team is only 10-8, but that’s much better than the 2-20 finish of a year ago. Burnette averages 27.4 points (more than half of her team's average of 46) and 12.8 rebounds for a team trying to make the state playoffs for the first time since 1991.
Burnette also was the Area 4-A player of the year in volleyball. She is the daughter of head coach Sharone Burnette, a former basketball player at the University of Houston, and former NFL player Reggie Burnette.
Here are some other top individual performances in Georiga high school basketball from the past week.
To nominate players for this weekly recognition, please email Todd at ghsfdaily@bellsouth.net. Those included are largely those nominated by coaches.
BOYS
*Allatoona senior Rodney Brown had 23 points and nine rebounds in a 62-48 victory at Alexander on Jan. 20. Sixth-ranked Allatoona is 19-2 overall and 14-0 in Region 5-AAAAA.
*Bowdon senior guard Juwan Maze scored a season-high 23 points, making seven of 10 on 3-pointers, in an 85-45 win over Bremen.
*Buford senior guard Taylor Mills scored 26 points in an 87-84 upset of defending Class AAA champion Morgan County.
*Campbell junior guard Laz Walker scored a career-high 35 points against South Cobb and 24 against East Coweta, including the 1,000th point of his career. Walker averages 9.4 rebounds.
*Cedar Grove junior forward Jacara Cross scored 21 points with six rebounds and four blocked shots in a 70-62 victory over North Clayton. Cross made 8 of 13 field goals and five of six free throws.
*Central-Macon junior point guard Derrick Evans Jr. scored 28 points in a 98-90 victory over Northside-Warner Robins. Evans, a left-hander, also is Central’s starting quarterback in football.
*Cherokee junior guard Kash Jackson scored a career-high 21 points, making five 3-pointers, in a 55-45 victory over Walton.
*Claxton senior guard Cornelius Taylor scored a career-high 41 points in a 68-55 victory over Metter. He scored 20 in the fourth quarter and made eight 3-pointers in the game.
*Crawford County junior guard William Jarrell averaged 23.7 points, 13.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, four steals and 3.3 blocks per game in three games, all victories.
*East Hall senior Kyvon Davenport scored 35 points, including the 1,000th of his career, in a 79-68 win over Banks County
*East Jackson freshman guard Drue Drinnon scored 28 points in a 57-54 victory over Elbert County, which beat East Jackson by 56 last season. Drinnon averages 23.4 points, seven assists and four rebounds for a 13-8 team. Drinnon scored 49 in an upset of Banks County (18-4) earlier this season.
*Miller Grove junior guard Alterique Gilbert and M.L. King senior wing Jordan Martin each scored 27 points in Miller Grove's 61-55 victory in a battle of teams ranked in the top three in Class AAAAA. Martin's points were a season-high.
Credit: Todd Holcomb
Credit: Todd Holcomb
*Northeast-Macon junior guard Santez Kinder averaged 29.3 points per game as the Raiders went 3-1, including an 81-71 upset of Region 2-AAA leader Rutland.
*Peach County sophomore guard Jared Johnson scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, in a 63-57 victory over Southwest Macon. It was the third time Johnson had made five 3-pointers in a game. Peach County is 17-2.
*Stone Mountain senior point guard Chris Jones scored 24 points with three steals and three assists in a 60-44 victory over Grady.
*Stratford Academy junior guard Quintez Cephus scored 26 points with eight rebounds and five 3-pointers in a 63-44 victory over First Presbyterian. Cephus scored the game’s first eight points, giving him 1,778 for his career and breaking John Hilburn’s 30-year-old school record of 1,776.
*Walton senior wing Nick Wells scored 28 points – 18 in the second quarter on 8-for-8 shooting – in a 68-44 victory over Etowah. He also had 12 rebounds and five blocked shots. The day before, Wells scored 26 points with 14 rebounds in a 64-53 victory over McEachern, which was ranked No. 10 in Class AAAAAA at the time.
*Westlake senior point guard Jarred Heard scored 26 points with 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals in a 69-51 victory over South Cobb.
*Worth County junior post Anfernee McLemore had 23 points, 21 Rebounds and 14 blocks in an 86-70 victory over Early County. The previous week, junior post Brandon Moore had 18 rebounds and 16 points in a 76-68 against Monroe of Albany.
GIRLS
*Bremen junior guard Emily Williams scored a season-high 22 points with six assists in a 59-51 victory over Mount Zion. She is averaging 10 points for the season, but 18.3 over her last three games.
*Centennial senior guard Jada Triplett scored 30 points in a 61-57 victory over Johns Creek. She 8-for-13 from behind the arc despite suffering an ankle sprain during the first half that ultimately led to her missing her next game. Triplett has made 33 of 68 attempts from 3 since moving to the shooting guard position on Jan. 3.
*Flowery Branch sophomore Julianne Sutton scored 19 points on 9-of-10 shooting and had 13 rebounds in a 69-31 victory over Apalachee that helped the Falcons remain in first place in Region 8-AAAAA.
*Greenbrier senior Morgan Taylor had 23 points, nine rebounds, five steals and one blocked shot in a 60-33 victory over Lakeside-Evans on Jan. 20. Taylor is a U.S. Naval Academy signee.
*Lamar County senior post Alissa Hicks had 18 points and 15 rebounds in a 55-54 loss to Jackson.
*North Forsyth guard Caroline Bowns tied a school record with nine 3-pointers in a 56-33 victory over Northview. Bowns made nine of 11 3-point attempts. She finished with 29 points and seven rebounds.
*Oglethorpe County junior guard Rayne Pyfrom had 21 points, 28 rebounds, five assists, four steals and three blocks in a 69-28 win over Glascock County.
Credit: Todd Holcomb
Credit: Todd Holcomb
*Pelham senior guard Briunna Freeman scored 36 points in a 78-71 win over Early County.
*Sequoyah senior forward Kelley Hartman averaged 15.3 points and 9.8 rebounds in four games last week. She blocked five shots against Dalton. Sequoyah is 19-3 and ranked No. 4 in Class AAAAA.
*Sprayberry junior guard/forward Dyiesha Brown scored 29 and 27 points in games against Riverwood and North Atlanta. She had 17 rebounds against North Atlanta. She broke 1,000 points for her career earlier this season.
*Stephenson senior guard Davion Wingate scored 22 points with four steals in a 49-39 victory over Campbell.
*Stone Mountain junior guard Kyann Perry scored 27 points – making 15 of 16 shots – with three assists and two steals in a 64-51 loss to Grady.
