Jonah Pierce of Francis Marion and Mario Lacy, Jr. of Belmont Abbey Pick Up Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jonah Pierce of Francis Marion and Mario Lacy, Jr. of Belmont Abbey have been selected as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s basketball for the week ending Jan. 2, 2023.
Pierce claimed Player of the Week honors, while Lacy garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors.
A 6-foot-8 forward/center from Sanford, Florida, Pierce has followed up his Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year campaign last year with a solid sophomore season that includes him scoring a season-best 22 points to go along with a career-high 18 rebounds in an 87-75 win over Coker on Dec. 30. He also had three assists and two blocks. Pierce shot 9-of-11 (82 percent) from the floor in the victory. The double-double was the 13
th of his career. Pierce leads Conference Carolinas in field goal percentage (66.2 percent) and he is second in the league in rebounding (8.8 per game).
A 6-foot-8 senior guard from Cleveland, Ohio, Lacy helped lead Belmont Abbey to its fourth consecutive win with 15 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and an assist in a 60-56 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 30. The double-double was his third of the season. Lacy secured 10 of his 11 boards on the defensive end and the biggest of his three steals came in helping close out the four-point win with just 13 seconds remaining. Lacy is second only to Pierce in field goal percentage (63.7 percent) in Conference Carolinas. He is third in rebounding in the league with 8.6 per game.
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2022-23 Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Nov. 14, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Bosko Bojovic, Converse
Week 2 (Nov. 21, 2022)
Player of the Week: Marcus Boykin, Barton
Defensive Player of the Week: Mason Taylor, Belmont Abbey
Week 3 (Nov. 28, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Kenny Turner, King
Week 4 (Dec. 5, 2022)
Player of the Week: Alex Cox, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Jonah Pierce, Francis Marion
Week 5 (Dec. 12, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week:
Mason Taylor, Belmont Abbey
Week 6 (Dec. 20, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week:
Tavarus Webb, Emmanuel
Week 7 (Jan. 3, 2023)
Player of the Week: Jonah Pierce, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Mario Lacy, Jr., Belmont Abbey