Week 1 SWAC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Arkansas-Pine Bluff senior guard Martaveous McKnight and Texas Southern senior center Trayvon Reed were named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Co-Men’s Basketball Players of the Week for week 1 of the season for their outstanding play for games played from Nov. 6-12.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Martaveous McKnight (SR, G, Walls, Miss.)
McKnight finished with 41 points on 13-of-27 from the field in a loss to Colorado State this past Saturday. The senior guard also went 5-of-10 from 3-point range and 10-for-11 from the free throw line, and added a team-high six boards.

Against San Diego State last Tuesday, McKnight shot 12-of-26 from the floor including 5-of-10 from 3-point range and scored 29 points with eight rebounds and two steals.

For the season, McKnight is averaging 35.5 points per game and seven rebounds per contest.

Texas Southern
Trayvon Reed (SR, C, Mobile, Ala.)
Reed led the Tigers to a 72-69 upset win over Baylor-in each team’s season opener. It marked the first victory in SWAC history against Baylor (The Bears lead the all-time series 56-1 versus the league). Reed shot 7-of-9 from the floor with 15 points, 12 rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Reed followed up that performance by shooting 6-of-13 from the floor with 14 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks at #3 Gonzaga. The senior center closed out the week with 15 points (5-of-10 FG) and 11 rebounds at Iowa State on Monday.

In three games, Reed averaged 14.7 points per game on .563 percent shooting, a conference-best 13 rebounds per game and 1.7 blocks per game.

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