NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In two games this past week, UT Martin junior guard Jordan Sears poured in 61 points while shooting over 60 percent from the field, earning this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
Sears, a Daytona Beach, Fla., native, started the week as he scored a career-high 34 points on a 13-of-23 shooting effort, while also collecting seven assists in a 105-103 double-overtime victory over North Alabama, scoring the Skyhawks’ final six points in the contest.
He followed that performance up with another strong showing as UTM topped Chicago State 94-71, scoring 27 points on 8-for-11 shooting with four 3-pointers. Sears outscored the Cougars 15-14 in the first nine minutes as he scored 20 points in the first half.
For the week, Sears averaged 30.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals, while shooting .618 from the field (21-of-34), .722 from the charity stripe (13-of-18) and .667 from 3-point range (6-of-9).
Selected as the Ohio Valley Conference’s Player of the Week, Sears is averaging 22.3 points and 3.6 rebounds on the season.
On the women’s side, Vanderbilt graduate guard Jordyn Cambridge was selected as the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week as she averaged 20.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.5 steals as the Commodores went 2-0 at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas.
Cambridge collected her third double-double of the week with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Iowa State in the 68-53 victory. She followed it up with a career-high 28 points, seven steals and six rebounds against Northern Iowa in a 68-64 win as she set a new personal best in made field goals (11) and tied her mark with made 3-pointers with five.
She finished the week shooting .517 from the floor (15-of-29), .538 from long-range (7-of-13) and .750 at the line (3-of-4).
For the season, the Nashville native is averaging 14.7 points and 8.0 rebounds.
2023-24 TSWA College Sports Players of the Week
MEN’S BASKETBALL
11/14 | Jack Browder (Carson-Newman)
11/21 | Mikhail Pocknett (King)
11/28 | Jordan Sears (UT Martin)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
11/14 | Kendal Cheesman (Belmont)
11/21 | Maya Buckhanon (Fisk)
11/28 | Jordyn Cambridge (Vanderbilt)