Rock Hill-area basketball star keeps ‘whatever it takes’ mentality to find success

Westminster Catawba Christian School senior guard Brycen Redmon, one of the top-ranked players in South Carolina, has a knack for scoring.

Only a few games into the season, the 6-foot-1 athletic guard from Fort Mill has been a scoring machine, including two 30-point performances.

He can score in multiple ways and his quickness has been a problem for defenders staying in front of him every game this season.

Redmon is proud of his strong start to his senior season, but helping his team win in any way that he can is his focus.

So far that’s meant battling through a minor fracture in his elbow, getting poked in the eye in a game last week and battling the flu during Saturday’s game against Victory Christian in the Charlotte Hoops Challenge at Harding High School.

Still, Redmon is averaging 28 points, six rebounds and three assists per game for Westminster Catawba (3-5), which had its first 20-win season under coach Ed Addie in 2023-24 and is out to repeat that this year.

Redmon said he’s determined to make the team go.

“Whatever it takes,” Redmon said. “If that’s getting 50 points; if that’s getting 10 assists, if that’s getting 10 rebounds, whatever I can do to help my team win.”

Redmon’s mentality was put to the test during Westminster Catawba’s 89-67 loss to Victory Christian Center at the Charlotte Hoops Challenge.

Redmon struggled in the loss and was limited to 18 minutes because of foul trouble and illness. Despite not being on the court, he continued to do whatever it took to support his squad.

“My coach has a saying, ‘The sun doesn’t shine on the same dog every day.’ And today wasn’t really my day,” Redmon said. “I still have to be a great teammate and support the team and keep up the energy while on the bench.”

After the game, he explained what his team struggles with the most.

“We didn’t do a bad job scoring the ball, but we gave up more points than we should have gave up,” he said.

Redmon is willing to become a better defender if that’s what it takes to help the team.

He wants to work on defense and get better as Westminster Catawba goes “back in the lab” Monday to prepare for Tuesday’s conference opener at Sweet 16 No. 4 Concord Academy.

“I love the game,” he said. “If there’s four better scorers and I’m just averaging five points and 12 assists, it’s whatever it takes to get my team the win.”