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GAC BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (1/12/15)

By: Eric Moyer, GAC Communications

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 RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the league’s Players of the Week for the ninth week of the 2014-15 basketball season. Southwestern Oklahoma State’s Jessica Penner dominated en route to earning the women’s award and Southern Arkansas’ Jaron Davis filled up the stat sheet in winning the men’s honor.
 
GAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jessica Penner, Southwestern Oklahoma State, F, Jr., Cordell, Oklahoma
Penner made 19 consecutive field goals spanning the entire Ouachita Baptist win and the first half of the Bulldog victory against Southern Arkansas. She scored a SWOSU DII-era-record 39 points, two off the GAC single-game mark.  She added 16 rebounds against OBU. She finished the week averaging 25.5 PPG, 12.0 RPG while connecting on 23-of-27 field goal tries.
 
GAC MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jaron Davis, Southern Arkansas, G, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana
Davis played an instrumental role as SAU picked up a pair of road wins to vault the Muleriders into sole possession of first place in the GAC. In a 59-58 win at ECU, Davis accounted for over half of the Muleriders' points as he scored a season-high 30 points, including two clutch free throws with seven seconds left. Against SWOSU, he scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half.
 
NOTABLE WOMEN’S NOMINEES
  • Kamera Bozeman, So., C, Northwestern Oklahoma State (Hit 14-of-16 shots and averaged 15.5 PPG in two GAC games)
  • Taylor Fischer, Sr., G, East Central (Hit 8-of-16 3-point attempts and averaged 18.5 PPG against SAU and OBU)
  • Jordan Goforth, Jr., F, Arkansas-Monticello (Reached the 1,000-point milestone, the 18th player in UAM history to do so)
  • Chanel Miller, Sr., F, Southern Arkansas (Notched consecutive double-doubles against ECU and SWOSU)
  • Fabiana Monte, Jr., G, Arkansas Tech (Scored a game-high 24 points in a win against Northwestern Oklahoma State)
  • Arielle Saunders, Sr., F, Harding (Totaled 18 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in a win at Southeastern Oklahoma State)
  • Aungelique Sledge, Sr., G, Henderson State (Averaged a double-double - 17.0 PPG and 10.0 RPG - vs SNU and NWOSU)
  • Katherine West, Jr., G, Ouachita Baptist (Scored a career-high 20 points in helping OBU hand ECU its first GAC loss)       
 
NOTABLE MEN’S NOMINEES
  • Garrett Butler, Jr., G, Southern Nazarene (Made 6-of-10 shots and scored 16 points in a 70-62 win against Arkansas Tech)
  • Micah Delph, Sr., G, Ouachita Baptist (Went for a season-high 21 points in win vs SWOSU; made 4-of-8 3-point attempts)
  • Kevin Kozan, So., G, Henderson State (Scored all 21 of his points in the second half of Reddies’ 75-62 win against SNU)
  • Derrick Modest, Jr., F, Northwestern Oklahoma State (Averaged 15.5 points and shot 52.6 percent from the floor)
  • Jamal Peterson, Jr., G, Arkansas-Monticello (In two wins, averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 assists and 4.0 steals)
  • Henry Pwono, Sr., F, East Central (Set ECU single-game record with 19 FTM against OBU; averaged 25.5 PPG and 8.5 RPG)