Isaiah Curry of King and Trevon Spencer of Barton Collect Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Isaiah Curry of King and Trevon Spencer of Barton have been named the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s basketball for the week ending Jan. 30.
Curry was chosen as the Player of the Week, while Spencer was tabbed as the Defensive Player of the Week.
A senior forward from Windermere, Florida, Curry averaged a double-double with 17.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in King’s three conference wins last week. Curry shot 65 percent (17-of-26) from the field and connected on 89 percent (17-of-19) of his free throw attempts. He also had six steals, three assists and two blocks over the course of his week. In King’s thrilling 109-107 overtime win over Blue Ridge rival Lees-McRae on Monday, Jan. 24, Curry ended his efforts with 19 points, 14 rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. A couple of days later in an 89-72 victory over Erskine on Wednesday, Jan. 26, Curry finished with eight points, six rebounds and one block. Curry closed out his week in the 96-88 league victory over Mount Olive on Saturday, Jan. 29 with 24 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and one assist.
A sophomore guard from Columbia, North Carolina, Spencer was strong defensively for Barton in its four games last week, finishing with 15 blocks and five steals in addition to his 14.25 points and 6.25 rebounds per game. He also shot 58 percent (25-of-43) from the field. In Barton’s 83-71 conference win over Erskine on Monday, Jan. 24, Spencer collected 23 points, nine rebounds, four blocks, two steals and one assist. In Barton’s 88-82 win over rival Mount Olive on Wednesday, Jan. 26, Spencer blocked five shots to go along with his 13 points, three rebounds, one steal and one assist. He followed that up a couple of days later with another five blocks to go along with 17 points, six rebounds and one steal in a 91-83 conference road win at North Greenville on Friday, Jan. 28. In Barton’s league game at Belmont Abbey on Saturday, Jan. 29, Spencer had seven rebounds, four points, one block and one steal.
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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
Week 9 (Jan. 17, 2022)
Player of the Week: Malik McConnell, Lees-McRae
Defensive Player of the Week: Jonah Pierce, Francis Marion
Week 10 (Jan. 24, 2022)
Player of the Week:
Spencer Levi, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Jayvion Rucker, Emmanuel
Week 11 (Jan. 31, 2022)
Player of the Week: Isaiah Curry, King
Defensive Player of the Week: Trevon Spencer, Barton