MVC/OVC Week Five Players of the Week

More Parity Revealed

(St. Louis, MO) – Week five players of the week in the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conferences continue to reveal great parity in the two leagues. For the first time we’ve had a weekly award winner receiving his second such notification.

Little Rock’s Chris Walker is our first muti-week winner.

Missouri Valley Conference

Belmont’s Ben Sheppard had an explosive week. After scoring 16 points against Trevecca Nazarene the 6’6 senior blew up with 33 points against Middle Tennessee. The Bruins’ leading scorer connected eight times from long distance on just nine attempts. This week’s Player of the Week is the Valley’s second leading scorer.

Illinois State won its second and third games in a row last week and fifth year transfer Colton Sandage had a big hand in those wins. The Bloomington, Illinois native racked up 28 points against Eastern Michigan and concluded the week with 16 during a win over Southern Illinois Edwardsville. This week’s Newcomer of the Week made 13 of 14 free throw attempts against Eastern Michigan.

Ohio Valley Conference

Southern Indiana’s Trevor Lakes sparked his team to a pair of wins. The Nebraska transfer averaged a double-double (22.0 ppg & 10.5 rebounds). Lakes recorded a career-high 29 points against Anderson University and finished the week with 15 points and 12 rebounds during the Screaming Eagles’ dramatic, overtime win over Indiana State.

The 6’8 forward is the OVC’s second most prolific long distance scorer (2.8 per game) and is the conference’s third most accurate marksman (.444). Lakes is this week’s Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week.

Little Rock’s Chris Walker is our first two-time winner of a weekly award. The 6’6 freshman scored a career high 18 points against Memphis and is this week’s Freshman of the Week. During the Trojans’ loss at Memphis he handed out four assists without committing a turnover.