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GAC BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (2/23/15)

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 penultimate week of the 2014-15 basketball regular season. Southeastern Oklahoma State’s Emily Williams garnered the women’s award and Ouachita Baptist’s Tirrell Brown earned the men’s award.
 
GAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Emily Williams, Southeastern Oklahoma State, G, Sr., Martin’s Mill, Texas
Williams captured her fourth Player of the Week award of the season as she helped the Savage Storm pick up a pair of wins. Against Ouachita Baptist, she went 6-of-8 from the floor, scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. In an 80-68 win against No. 24 Arkansas Tech, she scored 17 points, made 7-for-10 shots (3-of-4 from the 3-point arc) and handed out seven assists.
 
GAC MEN’S BASKETBALL CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Tirrell Brown, Ouachita Baptist, F, Jr., Jacksonville, Arkansas
Brown picked up his second Player of the Week award of the month as he carried the Tigers to an outright GAC regular-season championship. On Thursday, against Southeastern Oklahoma State, he scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. On Saturday, he hit 11-of-14 shots in totaling 28 points in the overtime win against Southern Nazarene. He added 10 rebounds.
 
NOTABLE MEN’S NOMINEES
  • Alvin Braddock, Jr., F, Southern Arkansas (Made 7-of-8 shots in scoring 16 points against Northwestern Oklahoma State)
  • Martell Collins, Jr., F, SWOSU (Made go-ahead basket late against UAM; finished one rebound shy of two double-doubles)
  • Sharif Hudson, Sr., G, Arkansas-Monticello (Hit 15-of-30 FGs; averaged 21.5 points and 7.5 rebounds)
  • Andraz Kavas, Jr., F, Harding (Recorded his 13th and 14th 20-point games, plus a double-double against Southern Nazarene)
  • Brandon Lucas, Sr., G/F, East Central (Connected on 12-of-20 FGs; scored season-high 20 points in win against Harding)
  • Adrian Motley, So., G, Northwestern Oklahoma State (Averaged 13.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in two victories)
  • Clarence Willard, Sr., G, Arkansas Tech (Registered the GAC’s first triple-double this season and hit game-winning 3-point FG)

NOTABLE WOMEN’S NOMINEES
  • Fatima Adams, Jr., F, Arkansas Tech (Averaged 20.5 points and 11 rebounds; ranks third in GAC with 11 double-doubles)
  • Chelsea Bates, Sr., G, SWOSU (Made 9-of-13 FGs and connected on 16-of-17 FTs, averaged 18.0 PPG, 6.5 RPG and 5.0 APG)
  • Kori Bullard, Fr., F, Ouachita Baptist (Set career highs with 23 points and 10 rebounds in OT win vs Southern Nazarene)
  • Jordan Goforth, Jr., F, Arkansas-Monticello (Averaged 22.0 points and 8.5 rebounds; hit 42.9 percent on her 3-point tries)
  • Chanel Miller, Sr., F, Southern Arkansas (Scored 20 points and made 8-of-14 shots in win vs Northwestern Oklahoma State)
  • Arielle Saunders, Sr., F, Harding (Averaged 23.5 points and 13.0 rebounds; hit game-winning FT with 0:00.4 left against SNU)
  • Erin Walling, Sr., G, East Central (Scored 17 points and dished out eights assists in a win against No. 24 Arkansas Tech)