Jordan Howard Earns Southland Player of the Week Honors

Jordan Howard Earns Southland Player of the Week Honors

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2016-17 Southland Men's Basketball Week 14 Notes (PDF)

FRISCO, Texas – Junior point guard Jordan Howard of Central Arkansas is the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by UniversalCoin.com. The Conference made the announcement Monday.
 
Howard scored 33 points on just 13 shots in a 107-97 win over Northwestern State on Feb. 2, hitting 4 of 6 from three-point range and 9 of 13 overall. Two days later, he put up 14 points in a narrow 68-66 win over Southeastern Louisiana, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 2.2 seconds left. He was 6 of 11 from three-point range and 13 of 15 from the free throw line in week 13. The Chandler, Ariz. native shot 58.3 percent from the field and 54.5 from three-point range.
 
The Bears have won two straight and will host Abilene Christian (10-12, 4-7 SLC) in their next match-up on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
 
The following Southland Conference Men’s Basketball players received Honorable Mention for Week 13:
 
  • Rashawn Thomas, A&M-Corpus Christi
  • Jaylen Franklin, Abilene Christian
  • Colton Weisbrod, Lamar 

The Southland Conference Players of the Week so far in the 2016-17 season:
 
  • DeAndre Harris, Nicholls (Week one)
  • Marlain Veal, Southeastern Louisiana (two)
  • Ja’Dante’ Frye, Nicholls (three)
  • Erik Thomas, New Orleans (four)
  • Chris Galbreath, SHSU (five)
  • Chris Galbreath, SHSU (six)
  • Joey Frenchwood, Lamar (seven)
  • DeAndre Harris, Nicholls (eight)
  • Josh Ibarra, Houston Baptist (nine)
  • Colton Weisbrod, Lamar (10)
  • John Dewey III, Sam Houston State (11)
  • Rashawn Thomas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12)
  • Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas (13) 

Please click here for previous Men’s Basketball Player of the Week announcements.

Each school’s sports information director nominates and votes for the players of the week, and is not permitted to vote for his or her own student-athlete. To receive honorable mention, a player must receive votes from 25 percent of the Southland sports information directors.