By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

This week, prep basketball action in the “Southern Six” gets back to normal after a dizzying several weeks of non-region games and holiday tournaments..

Each week until the first weekend in March at the overall state tournament in Jackson, SouthMiss6 Sports will be the place to be to keep up with the most complete and comprehensive info about all things prep basketball featuring stories and photos in the “Southern Six” counties of the state of Mississippi.

Each week, on Monday, we will take a look at at least five players and five games to keep an eye on as well as release our weekly “Super 7 in the Southern 6 Poll”.

Starting 5 in the “Southern 6

This week’s top Players:

1. Brooklyn Cuevas, Hancock — Cuevas. tallied a game-high 30 points in a 68-4 win over Gulfport last week. The recent William Carey signee totaled 45 points in a three games in a five day span for Hancock last week.
2. Zaniya Johnson, Biloxi — The 6-foot-3 Lady Indian freshman center continued her season-long habit of posting double-doubles for the Lady Indians with 19 points and 11 rebounds in a 38-28 win over South Panola Saturday. She also added 10 blocks in that one, as she was named the Most Outstanding Player in the game. She also scored 19 points in a close loss to Hancock on Thursday..
3. Aujaylen Barron, Harrison Central — The senior guard tallied a game-high 26 points in a 74-59 loss to Presbyterian Christian last week.
4. Dorian McMillan, Pascagoula — The senior Dandy Dozen Panther guard recorded a game-high 31 points in a 70-53 win Saturday in the annual Raising Canes Panthers Classic. McMillan led the Panthers to their 16th straight win in that contest, the longest such streak for Pascagoula in a decade.
5. Kamaiyah Pruitt, Pass Christian — Pruitt poured in a career-high 30 points for the LadyPiartes recently as they won a pair of games in the annual Bay High Christmas Classic. Pruitt’s big night came in a 57-49 win over St. Patrick.
6. (Sixth Man) Anslee James, Hancock — James, a junior forward, was one of the main reasons that the Lady Hawks got off to a perfect 17-0 mark this season before she suffered a knee injury with just over a minute to play in win number 17 against Biloxi last week. The injury will cause her to miss the rest of the season..

This week’s Games:

1. Biloxi at St. Martin (girls) — Tuesday
2. Moss Pointa at Pass Christian (boys) 
3. Stone at Vancleave (Boys)— Tuesday
4. Picayune at Pascagoula (boys) — Friday
5. West Harrison vs. Heidelberg (girls) — Saturday, 1:00 p.m., at “Girls Grin MLK Classic at Gulfport.

South Miss 6 Sports Super 7 Polls

Super 7 in the Southern 6 Prep Hoops Poll!!!!

(Jan. 8th)

(Our weekly poll is the ONLY one in the state of Mississippi that’s voted solely on by a panel of head basketball coaches)

Boys:

1. Pascagoula 16-1
2. Ocean Springs 13-3
3. Biloxi 13-5
4. Harrison Central 11-7
5. Picayune 15-5
6. West Harrison 11-6
7. Stone 11-4

Girls:

1. Hancock 17-1
2. Biloxi 17-2
3. Harrison Central 14-2 
4. St Martin 14-4
5. Bay High 15-5
6. D’Iberville 10-7 
7. (TIE) West Harrison (7-8) & Moss Point (10-10)