Tuesday, December 06, 2011

MACON, Ga. - Belmont's Kerron Johnson and Lipscomb's Malcolm Smith opened Atlantic Sun Conference play with impressive performances to win the league's weekly awards. Both set career-highs in points against Mercer, while Johnson passed out 10 assists against Kennesaw State and Smith secured his first double-double against the Owls.

• Second Career Player of the Week award; second this season
• Scored a career-high 25 points in four-point win vs. Mercer
• Set a Curb Event Center record with 16 made free throws
• Registered first career double-double vs. Kennesaw State with 13 points and 10 assists

• Markeith Cummings (Jr., Kennesaw State) – Averaged 18.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG and 3.5 APG in two road contests
• Langston Hall (So., Mercer) – Tallied 23 points at Belmont; led Bears to win at Lipscomb
• Sherwood Brown (Jr., FGCU) – Scored a game-high 20 points in conference-opening win vs. ETSU
• Torrey Craig (So., USC Upstate) – Registered winning basket vs. Jacksonville State; averaged 24 points and nine rebounds on the week
• Andy Diaz (Jr., North Florida) – Guided Ospreys to pair of wins; set season-highs in points (18) and rebounds (9)

• First Career Newcomer of the Week award
• Amassed 22 points vs. Mercer to set a career-high on 10-of-10 at charity stripe
• Notched first career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds vs. KSU
• On the week, averaged 19.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG on 59.1 FG% and 85.7 FT%

• Brett Comer (Fr., FGCU) – Dished out 10 assists vs. ETSU; ranks 5th nationally amongst freshmen in APG (5.4)

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