LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - For the third time this season, senior guard Ryan Milne has earned SCAC Player of the Week for his outstanding efforts on the court during the holidays.
SCAC PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Games of December 16th – January 5th
RYAN MILNE OF
COLORADO COLLEGE, a senior guard from Phoenix,
Ariz., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Basketball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, December 16th
through Sunday, January 5th.
Milne averaged 28.5 points, 5.33 rebounds and
4.67 assists while leading Colorado College to a 2-1 record on the
road. He made 29 of 55 (.527) shots from the floor, including a
12-of-28 (.429) performance from 3-point range, and sank 15 of 18
free throws (.833).
Milne scored 21 points grabbed eight rebounds and
dished out four assists to help CC overcome a 14-point deficit
during an 82-75 victory in double overtime at Lehman
College.
Two days later, he poured in a career-high 38 points, but the
Tigers dropped a 93-90 decision in overtime at Babson College.
Milne also dished out four assists to take over
sole possession of second place on the program’s all-time
chart with 379.
Milne posted a game-high 26 points and had six
assists as Colorado College opened conference play with a 78-66
victory at Dallas.
Milne, who surpassed the 20-point mark for the
fourth game in a row and the sixth time this season, became the
ninth Tiger to score 1,300 or more career points. He tied his
season high with five 3-point buckets and climbed into sixth place
on the program’s all-time list with 181.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior guard Ransom
Okpala of Austin College had a big four game stretch as the
‘Roos went 2-2, averaging 18.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.8
assists, 2.8 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 51.6%
from the field and 41.2% from three point range. Senior guard Jonathan Blount of
Centenary averaged 21.8 points during the last four games to
lead the Gents. The senior connected on 39 percent of his shots
from the floor and led the squad with a 41.7 percent from behind
the arc and 80 percent from the charity stripe. Senior forward/center Ross Davidson
of Dallas scored 13, 24, and 12 while pulling down 6.3
rebounds for the Crusaders this past month. Senior guard AJ Myres of
Schreiner led the Mountaineers to a 3-1 record over break
with 21 ppg, 4.8 rpg as well as eight assists and two steals. He
had 27 points, three rebounds and three assists in the SCAC opener
against TLU. Senior guard
Michael Cantu of Southwestern averaged 16.5 points per game
over the break, shooting 60% (21-35) from the floor and 41% from
three point range (5-12). He was also second on the team in
rebounds, averaging 4.3 points per game. Sophomore forward Robert Watson, Jr.
of Texas Lutheran averaged 12.0 points per game while also
leading the squad with 6.8 rebounds per contest. The sophomore shot
44.2 percent from the field and made 9-of-11 from the free throw
line. Sophomore guard
Jimmy Clark of Trinity averaged 6.0 points and 8.0 rebounds
per game for the weekend, leading the teams in rebounding. He
hit 4-8 field goals and 3-6 free throws for the two games,
highlighted by his 10 points and nine rebounds in the narrow loss
to Pomona-Pitzer.
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