CONFERENCE CAROLINAS ANNOUNCES BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Limestone's Hayes Named Women's Basketball Player of the
Week
High Point, N.C. – Limestone College's Stephanie Hayes has
been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's
basketball Player of the Week during week number two of the
2011-2012 season. Junior guard Stephanie Hayes continued her torrid
start to the 2011-12 season, putting up career-highs in scoring in
three of her first four games. After helping the Saints to a 59-49
win over Carson-Newman earlier in the week, Hayes responded with a
career-high 26 points while also posting a team-high nine rebounds
and six assists. She has three 20-point performances through the
first four games of the season and currently holds the scoring lead
in Conference Carolinas coming out of the gate. Trailing Catawba
60-56 with just over five minutes remaining in the game, Hayes
poured in six points to fuel a decisive 15-3 run and would help
Limestone close the game out on a 25-9 stretch. With the Indians
holding a 10-point lead midway through the opening half, it was
Hayes that got a sluggish Saints offense rolling as she knocked
down a couple of key buckets to push the visitors to a 35-30
halftime lead. Limestone is 3-1 overall in the season.
King's Hewitt Named Men's Basketball Player of the
Week
High Point, N.C. – King College's Brian Hewitt has been
selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's
basketball Player of the Week during week number two of the
2011-2012 season. The senior guard from Lexington, KY started
all three games at the two-guard and shot the lights out of the
gym, helping the Tornado go 3-0 last week all away from home.
Hewitt shot 50 percent from the field over a three-game span and
shot .524 from distance. Thirty-three of his 48 points came via the
three ball. Hewitt led the Tornado in scoring against UVA-Wise and
served as the team's leading in rebounding against Carson-Newman
(8). Two of King's three game were decided by double digits with
the third being decided by eight points in that stretch. King is
4-1 overall in the season.