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GAC BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (1/6/2014)

By: Eric Moyer, GAC Communications

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Henderson State’s Aungelique Sledge and Northwestern Oklahoma State’s Kamera Bozeman shared the Great American Conference’s Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honor while Harding’s Hayden Johnson earned the men’s award for their performances during the ninth week of the 2013-14 regular season.
 
GAC CO-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Kamera Bozeman, Northwestern Oklahoma State, C, Fr., Sherill, Ark.
Kamera Bozeman led the Lady Rangers to their first victory of the year, a 70-65 win against reigning GAC champion Arkansas Tech. She recorded 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting and added four rebounds. Against No. 12 Harding, she added 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting. She grabbed five rebounds against the Lady Bisons.
 
GAC CO-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Aungelique Sledge, Henderson State, G, Jr., West Helena, Ark.
Sledge scored career-high 36 points and tied an HSU record with seven made 3-point field goals. She went a perfect 7-for-7 from the 3-point arc. The 36 points represented the second-highest single-game total in the three-year history of the GAC. She totaled 24 of her points in the first half. She added 12 rebounds and four steals in the victory.
 
GAC MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Hayden Johnson, Harding, F, Sr., Phoenix, Ariz.
Johnson led Harding in scoring against both Southwestern Oklahoma State and Northwestern Oklahoma State. He averaged 24.5 points, shot 60.9 percent from the floor and went 5-for-9 on 3-point tries. Johnson has led the Bisons in scoring in all four GAC games this year. He led Harding to its first two-game Oklahoma road sweep in the Bisons' three seasons in the GAC.
 
NOTABLE WOMEN’S NOMINEES
  • Kristen Celsor, F, Sr., Harding (Recorded her third 30-point game in win vs SWOSU; became first in GAC to reach 1,000 points)
  • Aminata Fall, C, Jr., Southern Nazarene (Averaged 15.5 PPG and 14.5 RPG against Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State)
  • Michelle Fisher, G, Sr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Set the SWOSU career record for 3-pointers, 179, in win vs ATU)
  • Cara Neighbors, G, So., Arkansas Tech (Averaged 14.0 points per game in contests against SWOSU and NWOSU)
  • Alycea Price, F, Sr., East Central (Tallied her team-leading fourth double-double in win vs UAM; added 17 points vs SAU)
  • Haley Schaefer, F, Jr., Southeastern Oklahoma State (Recorded double-doubles in victories against SAU and UAM)
 
NOTABLE MEN’S NOMINEES
  • Rod Camphor, G, Sr., Southwestern Oklahoma State (Averaged 18.3 points and 7.0 rebounds in three games last week)
  • Antwone Jackson, F, Sr., Southern Nazarene (Pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds in made the winning basket vs OBU)
  • Urald King, F, Sr., Southeastern Oklahoma State (Shot 65.2 percent and averaged 17.0 points per game vs SAU and UAM)
  • A.J. Moutry, G, Fr., East Central (Led Tigers in scoring in both games this weekend – a loss to UAM and a win at SAU)
  • Chauncy Williams, G, Jr., Southern Arkansas (Scored 22 points in season debut in win vs SE; averaged 18.5 PPG in two games)
  • Brandon Wilson, F, Sr., Arkansas-Monticello (Averaged 19.5 points per game as Boll Weevils extended win streak to eight)