First Team
DEMEYIA ADAMS | South Lenoir | F, 5-9, Jr.
Demeyia Adams blossomed as a junior to nearly average a double-double and help South Lenoir to one of its best seasons in recent memory. Adams averaged 10 points and 8.8 rebounds per game and had eight double-doubles on the year to help the Blue Devils reach the second round of the state playoffs.
BRITTANY DRUMGOOLE | Kinston | G/F, 5-8, Jr.
Brittany Drumgoole continued her junior season doing what she had done the previous two — run that Vikings’ show and get everyone involved. She was third on the team in scoring at 10.1 points and led the area in assists per game at 6.4. Drumgoole overcame early foul trouble in the state title game to score eight points and dish out a game-high six assists. Drumgoole is currently on several D-I programs’ radars, including East Carolina.
MONIQUE LOFTON | Kinston | G, 5-5, Sr.
Monique Lofton gave defenses fits all season, and with it helped lead Kinston to its first girls basketball state championship. She was deadly from 3-point range at 42 percent, and she could take it off the dribble as well. Her 13.1 points per game were best on a team full of balance, and she scored 11 points, all in the fourth quarter, in the state 2A title game. Lofton was named the Eastern Plains 2A Conference girls player of the year and is also this newspaper’s area player of the year.
LYDIA RIVERS | Kinston | F, 6-1, So.
Lydia Rivers may be the shyest and most courteous female player in the area, but her played suggests otherwise. The sophomore stepped up big this season to fill the voids left on the interior by 2012 graduates, and averaged 11.2 points, 11 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Rivers had 13 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks in the state championship game on her way to being named the game’s Most Outstanding Player.
HEATHER WEST | South Lenoir | G, 5-7, Sr.
Heather West showed up at South Lenoir at just the right time. West transferred from Parrott Academy to spend her senior season playing with her younger sister, and wound up leading the Blue Devils in scoring at 13.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game and to one of the better seasons they’ve had in a while. West’s leadership and play helped South Lenoir finish the regular season tied for second place in the East Central 2A Conference, and back to the state 2A playoffs for the first time since 2008.
Second Team
Franlena Brimage, Jones Senior
Ta’Bria Foster, North Lenoir
Malaysia Lancaster, Greene Central
Haley Moody, Bethel Christian Academy
Marquia Suddeth, South Lenoir
Third Team
Takerian Harper, Kinston
Erin Hughes, Parrott Academy
Caroline Jones, South Lenoir
Dasheka Mason, Greene Central
Alexis Williams, Kinston
Honorable Mention
Bethel Christian Academy: Kelsey Worthington, Carly Sanderson
Greene Central: Monesia Moore
Jones Senior: Ashley Brimage, Latrina Gatling
Kinston: Anshonee Addison, Jada Faison, Hannah Vermillion
North Lenoir: Erica Lee, Quoya Porter
Parrott Academy: Brooke Uken
South Lenoir: Hanna Meready, Moesha Franklin