STERLING HOLMES OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore guard from San Antonio, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, December 21st.

Holmes averaged 20.5 points, made 60 percent of his shots and added 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game as the Bulldogs swept a pair of games at the Trinity University Invitational.

The Bulldogs defeated Anderson (Ind.) 80-76 as Holmes scored 25 and registered six rebounds and four assists. In the 63-56 win over preseason Top 25 Wheaton, Holmes recorded 16 points, five rebounds and three assists.

For the season, Holmes leads the team with 13.0 points per game, good enough for sixth overall in the conference. He is also fifth in the conference with 26 assists and first in the conference in free throw percentage at 87.7%.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore guard Brian Baehl of Austin College had an outstanding week as he helped Austin College go 1-1, with the one loss coming on a late game winner at Hendrix. Baehl shot 68.8% from the field while averaging 12.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. Freshman forward John Hatch of Colorado College scored nine points, recorded three rebounds and three steals, and dished out a pair of assists despite only playing 13 minutes is his college debut against Johnson & Wales. Freshman forward Ryan Ogden of Southwestern posted his first career double-double against PLU and scored 20 points in 27 minutes of action. He averaged 15.3 points per game in 23.3 minutes to lead the Pirates to a 2-1 record this week. Senior guard Matt Selling of Trinity scored 14.0 points/game and grabbed 2.7 rebounds/game over the three contests, shooting 50% (17-34) from the field and 40% (6-15) from three-point range during the weekend's action. He also tallied three assists and three steals over the three games. Centenary and Dallas did not play.