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 25th.

Sapp led the Centenary Gents to a conference weekend sweep on the road, defeating Trinity and Schreiner and extending the Gents winning streak to five games and pushing them into first place in the SCAC.

Sapp averaged 22.5 pts/gm over the weekend, shooting 13-for-27 from the field, 1-for-1 from behind the arch, and 18-for-26 from the free throw line. He also pulled down 13.5 reb/gm while adding 2.5 stl/gm. 

Sapp started the weekend with 33 points and 13 rebounds as he was a major reason the Gents erased a 20-point deficit to come-from-behind and defeat the Trinity Tigers, 79-74 (OT), in a rematch of the SCAC Championship Game a year ago. It was the first win in San Antonio for the Gents since the series has been in place. He followed that up with a 12 point, 14 rebound showing in a 62-58 win over Schreiner. The Gents are now 6-2 in SCAC play. 

For the season, Sapp leads the conference with 15.8 pts/gm and is third in the league with 7.7 reb/gm. He now has five double-doubles on the year. Sapp is also third in the league in field goal percentage (53.4%) and sixth in the league in free throw percentage (76.6%).

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore guard Brian Baehl of Austin College had an outstanding weekend for Austin College, averaging 17.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game and boasting an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2-to-1 in a pair of conference games. Senior guard Kym Malone of Dallas  posted a pair of double-figure scoring performances, including a season-high 19 points in UD's win vs. Texas Lutheran on Saturday. The point guard also connected on a season-best 11 free throws in 13 attempts; with a pair coming in the with about a minute remaining to push the advantage to three points and eventually defeat the top team. Junior guard Chris Lee of Southwestern led the Pirates in scoring, leading them to two important wins on the road to move their win streak to four. Lee averaged 14 points per game in just 17.5 minutes per game and shot 60% from the floor and 50% from three point range. Sophomore forward Zach Behr of Texas Lutheran scored a career-high 18 points and hit six of his eight shots in a come-from-behind road win at Austin College on Friday. Behr scored 16 of his 18 in the second half rally for TLU. In the two SCAC games, Behr averaged 13 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steals as the Bulldogs went 1-1 on the road. Sophomore forward A.j. Pulliam of Trinity averaged a team-best 13.7 points/game for the three games, including a standout performance in the team’s victory over Colorado College on Saturday night. For the weekend, he hit 16-31 (51.6%) from the field and 3-5 (60%) from three-point range. Colorado College and Schreiner did not nominate anyone.