Southland Conference

FRISCO, Texas – Houston Baptist guard Ian DuBose is the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Southland Conference Players of the Week are presented by MidSouth Bank.

In the Huskies’ conference-opening win over Lamar on Wednesday, he posted a career-high 33 points and added 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. The conference’s leading scorer (19.7 PPG), DuBose carried that momentum into a 22-point performance in an overtime loss to New Orleans on Saturday. 

DuBose and the Huskies are back in action against Nicholls at 3:30 p.m. CT Saturday at the David R. Stopher Gymnasium, where the Colonels have won 15 of their last 16 since Dec. 16, 2017.

Men’s Basketball Player of the Week – Ian DuBose, Houston Baptist – So. – Durham, N.C.

DuBose sank 12 of 19 from the field (63.1 percent), including three of five from beyond the arc, to carry HBU to an 88-82 overtime win over Lamar. Trailing by two in overtime, he hit a three to give the Huskies the lead for good. DuBose matched his career high with six assists.

In an overtime defeat at the hands of New Orleans, he recorded 18 of his game-high 22 points in the final 25 minutes to help eliminate a 15-point halftime deficit. DuBose missed a mid-range jumper at the buzzer to win it in regulation and converted the free throw on an and-one to pull within three in overtime, but the Privateers held on for the victory.

Honorable Mention: Ezekiel Charles, New Orleans; Josh Delaney, Sam Houston State; Davonte Fitzgerald, Stephen F. Austin; Sha’Markus Kennedy, McNeese; Josh Nzeakor, Lamar

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.