AARON
WYATT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS,
a senior forward from Frisco, Texas, has been selected the
SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played
through Sunday, November 23rd.
Wyatt led Dallas offensively again with another
pair of double-digit scoring performances against Howard Payne and
Sul Ross State in the Bob Mason Classic at Austin College.
Wyatt poured in 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting to open the weekend with a victory over the Yellow Jackets. He added seven boards in 32 minutes played as well as three blocked shots.
The senior forward notched a double-double in Saturday's overtime victory and also poured in a season-high, 24 points. Wyatt's last basket occurred on a layup to push the Crusader's advantage to three points and helped keep his squad unbeaten early in the campaign.
Wyatt is currently second in the SCAC in both points per game and rebounds per game. He currently averages 17.5 points/game in four matchups to go along with 8.0 rebounds/game. He is also fifth in the conference in blocks/game at 1.0.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore guard
Jeremy Swisher of Austin College had a strong opening
week in leading Austin College to a 2-0 start to the season,
averaging 14.0 points and 3.5 rebounds while shooting 47.6% from
the field and 88.9% from the free throw line against Sul Ross and
Howard Payne. Senior
guard Caden Cheramie of Centenary averaged 15.0 points
over the weekend to go with 6.0 rebounds per game, 5.0 assists per
game, and 3.5 steals per game in a pair of losses to McMurry and
East Texas Baptist. Senior forward Blake Scott of
Southwestern poured in eight points and added seven
boards and two blocks in the Pirates season opener against
Hardin-Simmons. Sophomore
forward Zach Behr of Texas Lutheran scored 17 points
and grabbed three rebounds in a non-conference home loss Tuesday to
Concordia Texas. Behr was 5-for-8 from the field and 6-for-8 from
the three-point line. Sophomore forward A.J. Pulliam of
Trinity led Trinity in scoring over the past
week, as the Tigers opened up their home schedule, and played two
games at the SCIAC Classic in California. Pulliam paced the Tiger
scoring attack in two of the three games over the past week,
reaching double figures in both of the West Coast games this
weekend. Colorado
College and Schreiner did not
nominate anyone.
SCAC Men's Basketball Players-of-the-Week |
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Week 1 | Chris
Lesnansky, Colorado College |
Week 2 | Aaron Wyatt, University of Dallas |
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