ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 28, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in games played last week.
Walter Peggs Jr. (
Spring Hill) and
Ramar Pryor (
Central State) were recognized.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – WALTER PEGGS JR., SPRING HILL COLLEGE
Guard | Senior | Jackson, Tenn.
Peggs led scoring in back-to-back games with 26 points against both Central State and Lane. The senior guard shot 52 percent from the floor in both contests and hit six 3-pointers against the Marauders. The Jackson, Tenn., native continues to lead the country, averaging 26.3 points per game. He also leads the SIAC in field goals, points and three point percentage.
NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – RAMAR PRYOR, CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY
Guard | Junior | Canton, Ohio
Pryor had another solid week for a balanced-scoring Marauders team. He averaged 17.5 points per game during the week, scoring 17 points in a win over Spring Hill and 18 points in a victory over LeMoyne-Owen. A transfer from Cleveland State, Pryor leads the Marauders in scoring with an average of 12.8 points per game.
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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.