Tyrell Kirk of UNC Pembroke and Sidney Dollar of Lees-McRae Collect Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Tyrell Kirk of UNC Pembroke and Sidney Dollar of Lees-McRae have been named the final weekly award winners of the 2021-22 regular season for Conference Carolinas men’s basketball.
Kirk was chosen as the Player of the Week, while Dollar was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.
A redshirt senior guard from Whiteville, North Carolina, Kirk averaged 33.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in two league wins last week for Conference Carolinas regular-season champion UNC Pembroke. Kirk shot 66 percent (25-of-38) from the field overall and knocked down 54 percent (7-of-13) of his three-point attempts. Kirk also connected on 91 percent (10-of-11) of his free throw attempts in the two wins. He put together one of the finest performances in UNC Pembroke’s men’s basketball history in scoring a career-best 41 points in a 103-75 road conference win over Barton on Feb. 22. The 41 points were the most in a single game in UNC Pembroke’s 31-year NCAA Division II history in men’s basketball. Kirk also had five assists and three rebounds in addition to shooting 17-of-22 (77 percent) from the field in the win over Barton. Kirk followed up the historic performance with 26 points, eight rebounds, four steals and one block in eighth-ranked UNC Pembroke’s 101-71 home conference win over North Greenville on Feb. 24.
A junior guard from Denver, North Carolina, Dollar averaged 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game in two games for Lees-McRae last week. In Lees-McRae’s 99-83 league road win at North Greenville on Feb. 22, Dollar had two steals and eight rebounds to go along with 15 points and three assists. Dollar collected a career-best seven steals and blocked three shots in Lees-McRae’s regular-season finale against Barton on Feb. 24. He also had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists in the contest. The seven steals were the most by a Bobcat in a single game since 2015.
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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
Week 12 (Feb. 7, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Cheick Traore, Chowan
Week 13 (Feb. 14, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Trevon Spencer, Barton
Week 14 (Feb. 21, 2022)
Player of the Week: Spencer Levi, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Trevon Spencer, Barton
Week 15 (Feb. 28, 2022)
Player of the Week: Tyrell Kirk, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Sidney Dollar, Lees-McRae