RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Henderson State’s Melvin Haynes and Arkansas Monticello’s Jordan Goforth received the Great American Conference’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball Players of the Week honors for their performances over the opening weekend of the 2013-14 regular season.
 
GAC MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Melvin Haynes, Henderson State, G, Sr., Akron, Ohio
Haynes averaged 22.5 points. 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists as the Reddies won a pair of games at the Southwest Baptist Classic. In the opener, against the host, he scored 21 points on 5-of-10 shooting with five rebounds and six assists. On Saturday, against Lincoln, he scored 24 points, 21 in the second half, and connected on four 3-point field goals.
                                                                                                                                                                                        
GAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jordan Goforth, Arkansas-Monticello, G, So., Plano, Texas
Goforth scored 28 points in the Cotton Blossoms’ 84-74 season-opening victory against Lindenwood (Mo.). She added six rebounds and three assists in the victory. She connected on all 10 of her shots in the second half, a half in which UAM shot 87.0 percent (20-of-23) to turn a seven-point halftime deficit into the 10-point win.
 
NOTABLE MEN’S NOMINEES

• Colby Carr, G, Sr., East Central (Averaged 17.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the SWOSU Classic)
• Gary Inglett, F, Jr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Notched two double-doubles at the SWOSU Classic)
• Brandon Sims, G/F, Sr., Arkansas-Monticello (Scored a career-high 32 points against No. 9 Florida Southern)
• C.J. Smith, G, Jr., Southern Nazarene (Went for 29 points on 9-of-15 shooting; grabbed seven rebounds)
• Jeffrey Walker, F, So., Southern Arkansas (In his SAU debut, scored 28 points and shot 13-for-15 vs Crowley’s Ridges)

 
NOTABLE WOMEN’S NOMINEES

• Shana Holmes, G, Jr., Harding (Averaged 13.5 PPG and 2.5 SPG as the Lady Bisons won twice at the Lady Lions Classic)
• Aminata Fall, C, Jr., Southern Nazarene (Went for 17 points, 18 rebounds, five assists and five blocks against York)
• Michelle Fisher, G, Sr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Averaged 17.0 PPG and shot 43.8 3-pt FG pct at the SWOSU Classic)
• Dunlicia Keener, G, So., Henderson State (Registered a double-double – 22 points and 12 rebounds – against Hendrix)
• Anna Lea Little, G, Fr., Arkansas Tech (Scored 18 points 19 minutes in her debut against Central Baptist; made five 3-pt FGs)
• Ashley Robison, F, Sr., East Central (Scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 5-of-8 on 3’s with nine rebounds in opener)