Jordan Ratliffe and Spencer Levi of UNC Pembroke Pick Up Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jordan Ratliffe and Spencer Levi of UNC Pembroke have been selected as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s basketball for the week ending Jan. 9.
Ratliffe was named as the Player of the Week, while Levi garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors.
In three wins last week for No. 20 UNC Pembroke, Ratliffe averaged 23.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. Ratliffe closed out the three wins by shooting 59 percent (26-of-44) from the field. The redshirt junior guard from Gibson, North Carolina knocked down 48 percent (11-of-23) of his three-point attempts. Ratliffe scored over 20 points in all three victories, including matching a career-best with 28 points in a home league win over Chowan on Jan. 4. He followed that up with 21 points and four boards in the home conference I-95 rivalry victory over Francis Marion on Jan. 6 before closing his week with 22 points and six rebounds in a road conference victory at Southern Wesleyan on Jan. 8.
A redshirt senior forward from St. Louis, Missouri, Levi averaged 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.3 steals and 1.0 assists per game in the three victories for the nationally-ranked Braves. He collected six blocks and four steals in total in the three conference wins. Levi had two blocks and two steals to go along with 13 points, six rebounds and one assist in the home win over Chowan. He followed that up with three blocked shots and two steals paired with 11 rebounds and eight points in the rivalry victory over Francis Marion. Levi’s week closed with the senior registering a double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds in the road league win at Southern Wesleyan. He also blocked a shot in the game. Levi shot 65 percent (15-of-23) from the field on the week.
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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
Week 3 (Nov. 29, 2021)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Earl Burgess III, Converse
Week 4 (Dec. 6, 2021)
Player of the Week: Matthias Caver, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Sidney Dollar, Lees-McRae
Week 5 (Dec. 13, 2021)
Player of the Week: Drew Gardner, Lees-McRae
Defensive Player of the Week: Tranard Ferrell, Southern Wesleyan
Week 6 (Dec. 20, 2021)
Player of the Week: Davion Bradford, Southern Wesleyan
Defensive Player of the Week: Brandon Simpson, Emmanuel
Week 7 (Jan. 3, 2022)
Player of the Week: Ta'Jay Dunlap, Southern Wesleyan
Defensive Player of the Week: Sigurd Lorange, Converse
Week 8 (Jan. 10, 2022)
Player of the Week: Jordan Ratliffe, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Spencer Levi, UNC Pembroke