Basketball: Weekly awards announced
Four student-athletes were named Lone Star Conference Basketball Players of the Week for their performances last week, league officials announced today.
LSC BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
LSC North Women's
Jessica Hocker, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Sr., Guard, Spring Hill, Kan./Spring Hill HS
Hocker was a model of consistency for the week, averaging 20.0
ppg, featuring nights of 20 points, 19 points and 21 points in
helping SOSU to a 2-1 record last week. She also added 5.0
rpg, and, thanks to an overtime game against Angelo State actually
averaged 40.3 minutes per game for the week. From the guard
position she shot 65.2 percent from the field and 81.1 percent from
the free throw line, going 30-of-37.
LSC South Women's
Emily Brister, West Texas A&M University
Jr., G, Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo HS
Brister racked up a whopping 55 points - including shooting a
perfect 16-of-16 from the free throw line - for an average of 27.5
points per game as West Texas A&M collected two wins over Lone
Star Conference North opponents. The Lady Buffs beat Central
Oklahoma, 73-60, on Thursday then picked up their fifth consecutive
win with a 66-60 overtime victory over Northeastern State, in which
Brister scored 34 points, more than half of the team's final tally.
Her average point tally over the weekend was higher than any other
player's total points; additionally, Brister grabbed a team-high 14
rebounds and dished out a team-high five assists.
LSC North Men's
Terrell Carpenter, East Central University
Sr., Guard, Chicago, Ill./Harlan Community
Academy
Carpenter poured in 28 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including
4-of-8 from 3-point range, and 8-of-11 from the line in East
Central's 82-67 loss to Angelo State. Carpenter also finished with
three rebounds, five assists and five steals while playing all 40
minutes of that game. Carpenter also tallied 10 points on 3-of-7
shooting and 4-of-6 from the line in ECU's 86-70 win over Abilene
Christian. He also collected four assists and ended up with two
steals in that game.
LSC South Men's
Marcus Hubbard, Angelo State University
Sr., Forward, West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach
Lakes
All-America candidate Marcus Hubbard started his first two games
of the year and led the Rams in scoring in both contests.
Against Southeastern Oklahoma, he was 14-for-19 from the floor,
including 4-for-7 from three-point range, for 32 points to lead the
Rams to a 74-64 win in Durant on Thursday night. At East
Central, Hubbard went 8-for-18 from the field, 4-for-11 from beyond
the arc, and 2-for-3 from the free-throw line for 22 points with
four rebounds as ASU defeated the Tigers, 82-67, on Saturday.
For the week, Hubbard was 22-for-37 from the floor, 8-for-18 from
three-point range, and 2-for-4 from the charity stripe for a 27.0
average as the Rams defeated SOSU and ECU back-to-back for the
first time in five years to improve to 5-2 on the season.










