Kendall Demouchet, Centenary College, Men's Basketball - Co-Player of the Week (Week 9)

KENDALL DEMOUCHET OF CENTENARY COLLEGE, a sophomore forward from Lafayette, La., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, January 11th.

Demouchet propelled the Gents to back-to-back SCAC wins over the weekend, defeating Dallas and Austin College at home this past weekend.

Demouchet averaged 27.5 pts/gm this past weekend, shooting 21-for-36 from the field and 12-for-13 from the free throw line. He added 8.5 reb/gm, 1.5 stl/gm, and 2.5 blk/gm.

Against Dallas, Demouchet poured in 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting to go with nine rebounds, a steal, and two blocks in a 70-53 victory. He followed that up with a career-high 33 points on 12-of-21 shooting with eight boards, two steals, and three blocks in a 82-72 win over Austin College.

For the season, Demouchet is third in the league in scoring at 14.8 pts/gm, behind only Chris Lesnansky of Colorado College (16.0) and teammate James Sapp (14.9). He is third in the league in field goal percentage at 54.6% and 10th in rebounds per game at 5.1. 

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Austin Freet of Austin College just missed out on averaging a double-double in two games, scoring 12.5 points and grabbing 9.5 rebounds per game for the 'Roos. Freet grabbed 10 boards against Colorado College and followed that up with a 19 point, nine rebound effort against Centenary. Senior forward Chris Lesnansky of Colorado College eclipsed the 20-point mark for the fifth time this season. He tied his career high with five steals on Friday against Austin. Senior forward Donte McGee of Texas Lutheran scored a career-high 21 and grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds in the Bulldogs' 90-84 double-overtime win Saturday at Trinity. McGee was 6-for-10 from the field, 2-of-3 from the three-point line, and 7-for-7 from the foul line. Freshman guard Matt Jones of Trinity led the Tiger men's basketball team in a pair of narrow home losses in SCAC play, finishing with a career-high 16 points in a double-overtime game against Texas Lutheran. Jones averaged 8.0 points/game and 4.5 assists/game over the weekend, shooting 6-9 from the field and 2-5 from three-point range. Dallas and Schreiner did not nominate.