A senior forward from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Gardner finished with a career-best 33 points in the Lees-McRae 87-80 road victory over Converse on Saturday, Dec. 11. Gardner collected a double-double in the game as he also had 11 points to go along with his 33 points. Gardner also had two assists and one block in the league victory. He was 11-of-22 (50 percent) from the filed overall, while also knocking down three of his seven three-point attempts (43 percent). He missed just one of his nine free throw attempts (89 percent).
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