ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week on Tuesday, Nov. 26, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in games played last week.
Chase Ballard (
Miles) and
Josiah Lawson (
Morehouse) were recognized.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – CHASE BALLARD, MILES COLLEGE
Guard | Senior | Stone Mountain, Ga.
Ballard had two big games coming off the bench to lead Miles to wins over Rust and Albany State last week. He averaged 16 points, 4 assists, and 2.5 rebounds, shooting 67 percent (12-of-18) from the field, 80 percent (4-of-5) on 3-pointers and making all four of his free throw attempts in 28 minutes per game.
Against Rust, he shot 7-of-9 from the field and scored a season-high 18 points while adding six assists and three rebounds. In the victory over Albany State, he was 5-of-9 from the floor, finishing with 14 points, two rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot.
NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – JOSIAH LAWSON, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
Guard/Forward | Freshman | Stone Mountain, Ga.
Lawson averaged 11 points and 2.5 rebounds for the Maroon Tigers in two games last week.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.