BJ McLaurin of Chowan Named Conference Carolinas Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
BJ McLaurin of Chowan Named Conference Carolinas Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. - BJ McLaurin of Chowan has been named the Conference Carolinas Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
The league office made the official announcement on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.
A freshman forward from Fayetteville, N.C., McLaurin averaged an impressive 22.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per game in two conference road wins last week for Chowan. McLaurin shot 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the field in the two wins. He was 9-of-10 (90 percent) from the charity stripe.
In Chowan’s league road win at Limestone on Jan. 15, McLaurin 20 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and two blocks. He followed that up with another double-double with 25 points and a career-best 17 rebounds in a conference road win at regionally-ranked Lees-McRae on Jan. 18.
McLaurin currently leads Conference Carolinas with 11.5 rebounds per game.
This is Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas has a rich tradition in roots that dates back to its early initial inception on Dec. 6, 1930. The NCAA Division II athletics conference presently has member schools located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Conference Carolinas member institutions are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, King, Lees-McRae, Limestone, Mount Olive, North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan.
Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.
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2019-20 Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 (Nov. 11, 2019)
Jordan Floyd – King
Week 2 (Nov. 18, 2019)
Sean Halloran – Belmont Abbey
Week 3 (Nov. 25, 2019)
Jordan Floyd – King
Week 4 (Dec. 2, 2019)
DeQuan Abrom – Belmont Abbey
Week Five (Dec. 9, 2019)
Romeao Ferguson – Belmont Abbey
Week Six (Dec. 16, 2019)
Jordan Floyd – King
Week Seven (Jan. 6, 2020)
Jordan Floyd – King
Week Eight (Jan. 13, 2020)
Clenzo Ross – Southern Wesleyan
Week Nine (Jan. 20, 2020)
BJ McLaurin – Chowan