RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the GAC men’s basketball players of the week for the eighth week of the season. Oklahoma Baptist’s Terry Coner, Jr. claimed the Offensive Player of the Week award and Ouachita Baptist’s Christian Parks earned the Defensive Player of the Week honor.

#theGAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Terry Coner, Jr., G, Oklahoma Baptist, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama
Coner, Jr. matched the GAC’s single-game high for points in a game this season when he scored 36 in a win against Arkansas Tech. He went 10-for-19 from the floor and made 6-of-11 3-point tries. He added four assists and three steals. In a comeback win against Harding, he scored 22 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists.

#theGAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Christian Parks, F, Ouachita Baptist, Jr., Meridian, Mississippi
Parks averaged 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in two wins as the Tigers improved to 8-0 in GAC play for the first time. He ranks sixth in Division II with 38 blocks. The Tiger defense limited Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State to a combined 37.5 percent shooting. Ouachita leads the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 58.8 points per game.

OTHERS NOMINATED

Max Alexander, G (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Wesley Booker, G (Harding), Chandler Dickinson, F (Southeastern Oklahoma State), Malik Edwards, G (Southern Nazarene), Tracy Godfrey Jr., F (Southern Nazarene), Devon Hancock, G (Ouachita Baptist), Jair Horton, F (Southern Arkansas), Jaden Miller, G (East Central), Greg Moore, Jr., G (Southern Arkansas), Xavier Owens, G (Henderson State), Ashton Price, G (Arkansas-Monticello), KJ Sykes, G (Henderson State), Joshua Udoumoh, G (Oklahoma Baptist)

A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards

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