His first dunk sent the Cardinal Newman student section into a frenzy. His second slam warranted his name to be echoed off the gym’s walls.
“Chi-co Car-ter,” they chanted between claps. “Chi-co Car-ter.”
Chico Carter Jr. is a 6-foot-2, 180-pound point guard who spent his first two seasons being a distributor for coach Philip Deter’s program. The Cardinals rode a balanced attack to a state championship appearance in 2016-17.
A year later, and Carter Jr. doesn’t have Christiaan Jones (Stetson), Wynston Andrews (Newberry) or Brandon Martin (St. Thomas Moore prep school) by his side.