Sean Halloran of Belmont Abbey and Jonah Pierce of Francis Marion Pick Up Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Sean Halloran of Belmont Abbey and Jonah Pierce of Francis Marion have collected the weekly honors for Conference Carolinas men's basketball for the week ending Nov. 21.
Halloran was selected as the Player of the Week, while Pierce picked up Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A senior guard from Orlando, Florida, Halloran averaged 20.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game in a pair of wins last week for Belmont Abbey. Halloran finished his efforts in the two games shooting 56 percent (14-of-25) from the field overall. He knocked down 63.6 percent (7-of-11) of his attempts from beyond the arc. Halloran ended Belmont Abbey's 97-79 win over Johnson C. Smith on Tuesday, Nov. 16 with 18 points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals. He passed the prestigious 1,000-point mark in the victory. In Belmont Abbey's 85-77 conference-opening victory over North Greenville on Saturday, Nov. 20, Halloran scored a team-best 23 points to go along with four steals, four assists and two rebounds.
A freshman center/forward from Sanford, Florida, Pierce averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in Francis Marion's two games last week. In Francis Marion's 94-76 win over Pfeiffer on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Pierce swatted five shot attempts and procured three steals. He finished the Patriot win with a total of 14 rebounds in collecting a double-double as he also had 16 points. He just missed on a triple-double as he also had six assists. In Francis Marion's conference opener at Emmanuel on Saturday, Nov. 20, Pierce finished with 12 points, five rebounds and one block.
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2021-22 Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Nov. 15, 2021)
Player of the Week: Ta'Jay Dunlap, Southern Wesleyan
Defensive Player of the Week: Jay Mitchell, Converse
Week 2 (Nov. 22, 2021)
Player of the Week: Sean Halloran, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Week: Jonah Pierce, Francis Marion