Centre College senior men's basketball player Matt Jacobson (Lagrange, Ky.) has been selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's (SCAC) Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, Dec. 18 through Sunday, Dec. 31.
Jacobson led Centre to a 4-0 record over the holiday break, including winning its own Papa John's/Country Hearth Inn Tournament. The senior forward averaged 17.8 points and 5.0 rebounds in the four games, including scoring a season-high 27 points in a 76-56 win over Thomas More on December 18.
In Centre's holiday tournament, Jacobson was named the MVP after averaging 18.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists to lead the Colonels to its eighth consecutive holiday tournament championship.
On the year, Jacobson leads Centre in scoring at 14.9 points per game (eighth in the SCAC) and is second in rebounds with 4.5 per game. He is 10th in the league in three-point field goal percentage at 40.0% (20-50).
Centre is currently 8-3 overall and 0-1 in the SCAC and will travel to Atlanta, Ga., Friday, Dec. 5, to play Oglethorpe University in an SCAC contest. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. |
