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GAC BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (1/27/2014)

By: Eric Moyer, GAC Communications

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Southern Arkansas’ Alre’k Brown and Southwestern Oklahoma State’s Sarina Sayama won the Great American Conference’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball Player of the Week awards for their performances during the 12th week of the 2013-14 regular season.
 
GAC MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Alre’k Brown, Southern Arkansas, F, Jr., Dawson, Ga.
Brown played a key role in SAU’s 2-1 week. He averaged 19.7 points per game and shot 64.7 percent from the floor. He also averaged 7.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks. In SAU's 99-97 OT win against UAM, he scored a season-high 28 points on 9-of-12 shooting. In the 73-71 OT win against OBU, Brown notched his fourth double-double - 17 points and 11 rebounds.
 
GAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Sarina Sayama, Southwestern Oklahoma State, G, Sr., Hanford, Calif.
Sayama earned her second-straight GAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honor as she averaged 24.5 points in wins against Southern Nazarene and Northwestern Oklahoma State. After tallying 23 points against the Crimson Storm, she helped SWOSU earn a win in the opener at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center with 27 points and eight 3-point field goals.
 
NOTABLE MEN’S NOMINEES
  • Rod Camphor, G, Sr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Averaged 22.5 points and 7.0 rebounds for the week)
  • Colby Carr, G, Sr., East Central (Helped the Tigers earn a regular-season sweep of Harding for the first time in school history)
  • Colt Fason, F, Jr., Ouachita Baptist (Recorded a pair of double-doubles to bring his season total to a GAC-leading seven)
  • Jacob Gibson, F, So., Harding (Set Harding record with nine 3-point field goals and 17 3-point attempts against East Central)
  • Urald King, F, Sr., Southeastern Oklahoma State (Grabbed 16 rebound vs ECU and followed up with 18 against Arkansas Tech)
  • Brandon Wilson, F, Sr., Arkansas-Monticello (Averaged 19.7 points and shot 57.7 percent from the floor as UAM went 2-1)
  • Bruce Wright, F, Sr., Northwestern Oklahoma State (Scored 21 points on 8-11 shooting as Rangers won at SWOSU)
 
NOTABLE WOMEN’S NOMINEES                                                                                          
  • Kamera Bozeman, C, Fr., Northwestern Oklahoma State (Notched her 1st career double-double - 17 pts, 11 rebs – vs SWOSU)
  • Jordan Goforth, F, So., Arkansas-Monticello (Made 19-of-38 shots and averaged 17.7 points per game in three contests)
  • Shana Holmes, G, Jr., Harding (Scored 13 points against both Arkansas Tech and East Central)
  • Aungelique Sledge, G, Jr., Henderson State (Led Lady Reddies to three wins in five days; averaged 21.7 PPG and 5.7 RPG)
  • Erin Walling, G, Jr., East Central (Scored 20 points as Lady Tigers handed No. 6 Harding its first loss of the season)
  • Emily Williams, G, Jr., Southeastern Oklahoma State (Averaged 19.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in wins against ECU and ATU)
  • Barvion Wyatt, F, Jr., Southern Arkansas (Shot 57 percent and averaged 17.3 PPG and 2.7 SPG as SAU went 2-1)