James Sapp, Centenary College, Men's Basketball - Player of the Week (Week 7)

JAMES SAPP OF CENTENARY COLLEGE, a sophomore forward from Shongaloo, La., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, January 4th.

Sapp led Centenary to a 1-1 record in conference play this past weekend against Colorado College, pouring in 22.5 pts/gm and 8.5 reb/gm to lead the Gents to their first victory over the Tigers in program history. 

In an 83-76 loss to Colorado College, Sapp matched his career-best for the third time with 21 points on 6-for-12 shooting to go with 10 rebounds. He followed that up the following night and bested his career-high with 24 points on 7-of-11 shooting as well as 10-for-13 from the free throw line to go with seven boards in a 64-52 win. 

For the season, Sapp has now scored in double figures in nine consecutive games and has reached the 20-plus plateau four times. He is currently third in the conference with 14.3 pts/gm and fourth in the SCAC with 6.3 reb/gm. He is second in the SCAC in field goal percentage at 59.2% and fifth in free throw percentage at 79.7%.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Alan Sullivan of Austin College had a strong week for the 'Roos, helping his team go 2-1 with an average of 13.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while hitting 35.7% from long range. Sullivan scored 15 twice, and added five assists, two steals, and two blocks in the three games. Senior forward Chris Lesnansky of Colorado College buried a three-pointer with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, then CC scored the first eight points in the extra session and held on for an 83-76 victory on Friday night. Senior forward Aaron Wyatt of Dallas posted his second highest scoring output, 21 points, in a 69-68 setback at Austin College. The senior forward now leads the squad averaging 13.4 points-per-game. He also notched his third double-double of the campaign pulling down 10 rebounds. Senior guard Stevan Guerrero of Schreiner led the Mountaineers to a 1-2 week averaging 10.7 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game. Senior forward Blake Scott of Southwestern led the Pirates to a 2-1 record following Christmas and were on a four game win streak before having it snapped in the SCAC opener as he averaged 16.3 pts/gm and 5.3 reb/gm. Senior forward Donte McGee of Texas Lutheran averaged a double-double over three games. The Bulldogs went 2-1 in those three games and won two on the road, against ASC preseason favorite and previously undefeated Hardin-Simmons and versus SCAC opponent Southwestern in the league opener. McGee averaged 11.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Freshman guard Brian Blum of Trinity was the only double-digit scorer in the team's only game of the past two weeks, which was a road loss to the University of Texas-Dallas this past weekend. Blum scored all 12 of his points in the second half, as the Tigers attempted to rally from a 22-point halftime deficit.