N&O All-Metro boys basketball team and final top 25 rankings
After a wild finish to the boys basketball season, Word of God finished atop The News & Observer 17-county area top 25 boys basketball rankings.
The Holy Rams are one spot ahead of 4A runner-up Leesville Road. Heritage, South Central and Garner round out the top five.
The 19-player All-Metro team includes some big-time scorers, including N.C. Gatorade state player of the year Coby White from Greenfield School in Wilson.
N&O Final Rankings
Team | Pvs. | Rec. |
1. Word of God | 1 | 26-7 |
2. Leesville Road | 2 | 22-10 |
3. Heritage | 3 | 28-2 |
4. South Central | 4 | 27-2 |
5. Garner | 5 | 27-3 |
6. Green Hope | 7 | 25-6 |
7. Millbrook | 8 | 21-8* |
8. Orange | 9 | 23-7 |
9. Overhills | 10 | 20-6 |
10. Apex | 11 | 18-11 |
11. Cary | 12 | 18-9 |
12. Northern Nash | 13 | 25-4 |
13. Kestrel Heights | 6 | 31-2 |
14. Cardinal Gibbons | 14 | 19-9 |
15. East Chapel Hill | 15 | 20-7 |
16. Ravenscroft | 16 | 19-10 |
17. Northern Durham | 17 | 19-8 |
18. Broughton | 18 | 16-12 |
19. Hillside | 19 | 19-9 |
20. Southern Durham | 20 | 19-8 |
21. Durham Academy | 21 | 23-6 |
22. Pinecrest | 22 | 21-6 |
23. D.H. Conley | 23 | 18-8 |
24. Voyager Academy | 24 | 25-8 |
25. Chapel Hill | 25 | 16-13 |
*-Forfeited one game.
Eligible counties: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Pitt, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, Wilson.
N&O All-Metro boys basketball team
Player, School | Yr. | Ppg. | Accomplishments |
Jalen Benjamin, Leesville Road | So. | 16.8 | 4A title game MOP. |
Carter Collins, East Chapel Hill | Sr. | 21.0 | Davidson recruit; PAC-6 POTY. |
Connor Crabtree, Orange | Sr. | 25.9 | UNC Asheville recruit; Big 8, District 6 POTY. |
Patrick Dorsey, Millbrook | Sr. | 17.8 | 4.5 rebounds per game; 95 3-pointers. |
Ian DuBose, Ravenscroft | Sr. | 19.6 | Houston Baptist recruit. |
Eric Fox, Apex | Sr. | 18.3 | 8.4 rebounds; season-high 40 points. |
Jayden Gardner, Heritage* | Jr. | 22.8 | 15.2 rebounds; Cap-8, District 5 POTY. |
Blake Harris, Word of God | Sr. | 20.0 | 9.9 assists. |
Brandon Huffman, Word of God | Sr. | 15.0 | UNC recruit; 13 rebounds, 2 blocks per game. |
Alex Hunter, Leesville Road | Sr. | 16.2 | Furman recruit. |
Tyler Maye, Farmville Central | Sr. | 36.0 | 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists; District 3 POTY. |
Devonte Pettaway, North Pitt | Sr. | 27.5 | Season-high 48 points, nine 30-point games. |
Alex Reed, Garner | Sr. | 17.8 | 9.1 rebounds; Greater Neuse River POTY. |
Josh Richmond, Overhills | Sr. | 22.7 | Co-Mid-South Conference POTY. |
Javier Rogers, Kestrel Heights | Sr. | 20.5 | 4.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists; 1A title MOP. |
Donte Tatum, Cary* | Sr. | 19.5 | 6.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists. |
Coby White, Greenfield | Jr. | 31.4 | UNC recruit; 7.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists. |
Andreas Wilson, Louisburg | Jr. | 26.7 | 7.4 rebounds; season-high 57 points. |
Moses Wright, Enloe | Sr. | 22.4 | 11.2 rebounds. |
*-two-time pick.
This story was originally published April 1, 2017 at 4:20 AM with the headline "N&O All-Metro boys basketball team and final top 25 rankings."