Jontrell Herman, Johnson & Wales (Denver), Player of the Week (Week Five)

Jontrell Herman, Johnson & Wales (Denver), Player of the Week (Week Five)

JONTRELL HERMAN OF JOHNSON & WALES (DENVER), a senior guard from Duck Hill, Miss., has been named the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for games played from Monday, December 3 through Sunday, December 9.

Herman averaged 25.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 5.3 steals to lead JWU to a 3-1 record last week. Herman had two double-doubles in the four games, including a 21-point, 11-rebound effort in a win over Colorado College in the Wildcats’ first-ever SCAC conference game on Dec. 4. Two days later, the senior guard recorded his fourth 30-point game of the season in a victory over Caltech, making 4-of-6 attempts from the 3-point line and 8-of-10 free throws. At 8-2, the Wildcats are off to their best 10-game start in program history. 

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Freshman guard Scott Cunningham of Colorado College recorded at least one season high in all three games last week. He posted a season-high 13 points in CC’s conference opener against Johnson & Wales. In Saturday’s loss to No. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan, the freshman guard recorded a season-high six steals and then on Sunday at Grinnell, Cunningham registered a season high 10 rebounds and nine assists.Southwestern junior forward Brandon Alexander averaged 11 points, six rebounds and one steal per game last week as the Pirates dropped non-conference contests to George Fox and Lewis & Clark. Senior guardJacob Kouremetis of Texas Lutheran led the Bulldog squad this week with 31 points in two games. Kouremetis hit a pair of three-pointers in the final minute, including the game-winner with 14 seconds to play, to lift TLU to a 79-77 home win Monday against Concordia Texas. Kouremetis hit six of his 12 three-point attempts for the game and finished with a game-high 22 points. 

SCAC Men's Basketball Players-of-the-Week
Week 1 Treylan Matthews, Centenary College
Week 2 Jontrell Herman, Johnson & Wales (Denver) 
Week 3 Andrew Romero III, Johnson & Wales (Denver) 
Week 4 CooXooEii Black, Colorado College  
Week 5 Jontrell Herman, Johnson & Wales (Denver) 
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