MEN’S BASKETBALL: King’s Floyd earns TSWA Player of the Week
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – King University’s Jordan Floyd was named the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, netting 43 points apiece along with 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.0 steals in two victories for the Tornado.
The nation’s leading scorer in Division II, the Stone Mountain, Ga., native posted 43 points in a double overtime win at Erskine College, hitting 15-of-31 shots overall with three 3-points and making 10-for-13 at the foul line. He added seven rebounds, five assists and two steals in 46 minutes of action.
The senior guard collected 43 points in a come-from-behind triumph at the University of Mount Olive three days later, connecting on 16-of-27 field goals and 7-for-11 from behind the arc. He recorded a career-best nine boards along with four assists and four steals. Floyd scored the final 11 points on a 15-0 run that gave King a 90-80 lead with 2:31 remaining in the contest.
He has posted 40-plus points six times this season and has scored exactly 43 points, the King single-game school record, four times this year. Floyd also set the single-season scoring record, registering 718 points through 23 games, surpassing the mark of 684 set by Mark Dockery in 2010-11.
Floyd is averaging 31.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game this year.
2019-20 TSWA MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
November 13 – Jordan Floyd, King University
November 19 – Adam Kunkel, Belmont
November 26 – Precious Achiuwa, Memphis
December 3 – Nick Muszynski, Belmont
December 10 – Ty Parks, Union University
December 18 – Jordan Floyd, King University
January 8 – Jordan Floyd, King University
January 14 – Precious Achiuwa, Memphis
January 21 – Tyree Boykin, Union University
January 28 – Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
February 4 – Tyree Boykin, Union University
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Middle Tennessee’s Hayes named TSWA Player of the Week
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee’s Anastasia Hayes garnered Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Women’s Basketball Player of the Week accolades, netting 24.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two games for the Blue Raiders.
The Murfreesboro, Tenn., native scored a career-best 33 points at North Texas, adding four steals. She made 14-of-25 field goals overall and hit all five free throws in the victory. It marked the most points a Conference USA player has scored against a conference opponent this season.
The redshirt sophomore followed that with 16 points, four boards and six assists at Rice. She has netted double figures in every game this season and is averaging 17.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 23 outings this year.
2019-20 TSWA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
November 13 – Jaelencia Williams, Union University
November 19 – Kayla Marosites, Carson-Newman
November 26 – Charity Savage, Middle Tennessee
December 3 – Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
December 10 – Deandra Luna, Bryan College
December 18 – Ellie Harmeyer, Belmont
January 8 – Ellie Harmeyer, Belmont
January 14 – Kayla Marosites, Carson-Newman
January 21 – Kesha Brady, Tennessee Tech
January 28 – Ellie Harmeyer, Belmont
February 4 – Aislynn Hayes, Middle Tennessee
SOFTBALL: Middle Tennessee’s Cushing, Tech’s Arden garner TSWA Player of the Week honors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee’s Lexi Cushing and Tennessee Tech’s Alyssa Arden earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week accolades, respectively, for games from February 3-9.
Cushing batted .556 (10-for-18) with three home runs, four RBIs and eight runs scored in six games for the Blue Raiders in Fullerton, Calif. The Flower Mound, Texas, native singled, walked and scored twice versus UC-Riverside and hit a solo homer while walking twice and scoring four runs against Utah State.
The senior collected two hits with a solo homer and two RBIs versus Loyola Marymount, was 3-for-3 against San Jose State and homered again among two hits versus Pacific.
Arden registered two wins and a save over 14.2 innings of work in three outings at the Mercer Invitational. The sophomore struck out nine in a complete-game victory versus Mercer, working around six walks and eight hits to defeat the Bears.
The Goodlettsville, Tenn., native allowed three runs on four hits with five strikeouts in a win against Wright State and posted a save versus Dayton with 2.2 innings of relief, giving up two runs on six hits with five strikeouts.