SEBASTIAN ANDRADE OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a senior guard from El Paso, Texas, has been named the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, February 7 through Sunday, February 13. SCAC Men's Basketball Release (Week 14)
Andrade stuffed the stat sheet for the Bulldogs as they upset Trinity and defeated Dallas to go 2-0 for the week. He averaged 13.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game to pace TLU which included hitting the decisive three in the closing seconds in the victory over Trinity as well as the free throws that sealed the game against Dallas.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
First-year forward Kamden Ross of Schreiner led the Mountaineers to a road win at Dallas, matching his career high with 24 points on 12 of 16 shooting while establishing a new career mark with 19 rebounds in the contest. Senior guard Scott Cunningham of Colorado College poured in a career-high 35 points as the Tigers kept their SCAC tournament hopes alive with a 72-59 victory at Austin College on Sunday. He connected on 12 of 21 field-goal attempts and went 11-for-12 at the free throw line, while also dishing out three assists and grabbed a pair of rebounds. The senior guard scored 25 points during the second half, including 16 inside the final 10 minutes. Senior guard Christian Alaekwe of St. Thomas averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as the Celts maintained the top spot in the SCAC standings with four victories last week. Sophomore forward Jack Boyle of Dallas averaged a double-double last week with 15.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. He hit his peak on Saturday against Schreiner, posting a season-best 25 points on 66.7 percent shooting (10-of-15) with 12 rebounds. Senior guard Kyle Poerschke of Southwestern averaged 20.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, hitting 45.5 percent from behind the 3-point line on 7.3 attempts per game in the Pirates' three games last week. Junior forward Enzo Sechi of Trinity continued his reliable scoring pace for the Tigers with two more double-digit scoring performances last week, averaging 15 points per contest.
| SCAC Men's Basketball Players-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 | Enzo Sechi, Trinity University |
| Week 2 | Kyle Poerschke, Southwestern University |
| Week 3 | Calen Anderson, University of St. Thomas |
| Week 4 | AJ Hall, Centenary College |
| Week 5 | Enzo Sechi, Trinity University |
| Week 6 | Letrell Toussaint, University of Dallas |
| Week 7 | Seth Thomas, Centenary College |
| Week 8 | Alex Dehoyos, Schreiner University |
| Week 9 | Scott Cunningham, Colorado College |
| Week 10 | Kamden Ross, Schreiner University |
| Week 11 | Jason Jones Jr., Austin College |
| Week 12 | Christian Alaekwe, University of St. Thomas |
| Week 13 | Tanner Brown, Trinity University |
| Week 14 | Sebastian Andrade, Texas Lutheran University |
