SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman’s Jordan Lyons has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week presented by GEICO for all contests from Feb. 4-10 after leading the Paladins to a pair of league wins and setting two school career records. The award is selected by the league office.
 
For the week, Lyons averaged 23.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game to help Furman post its school-record fourth consecutive 20-win campaign. He also became the Paladins’ all-time leader in wins with 91 over his career.
 
In the Paladins’ 79-57 win over Mercer on Wednesday, Lyons scored 13 points and pulled down three rebounds. He hit three 3-pointers in the contest to push his career total to 274, passing Eric Webb for the Furman school record.
 
At Western Carolina on Saturday, Lyons poured in 33 points to lead the Paladins to an 82-73 win. The senior from Peachtree City, Georgia, was 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) from the floor, including a 4-for-7 mark (57.1) from 3-point range. His 278 career 3-pointers are tied for 11^th in SoCon history, one back of 10^th-place Nathan Hoover of Wofford.
 
First-place Furman (20-5, 10-2 SoCon) visits Samford (8-18, 2-10) on Wednesday before hosting Chattanooga (15-10, 6-6) on Saturday.
 
Other nominees: Daivien Williamson (ETSU), Kyrin Galloway (UNC Greensboro), Matt Ryan (Chattanooga), Greg Parham (VMI), Onno Steger (Western Carolina) and Nathan Hoover (Wofford).
 
2019-20 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Players of the Week presented by GEICO
Nov. 12    Kaleb Hunter, So., G, UNCG
Nov. 19    Mason Faulkner, R-Jr., G, Western Carolina
Nov. 26    Mason Faulkner, R-Jr., G, Western Carolina
Dec. 3     Clay Mounce, Jr., F, Furman
Dec. 10    Carlos Dotson, Sr., F, Western Carolina
Dec. 17    Ethan Stair, R-Sr., G, Mercer
Dec. 24    Jeromy Rodriguez, R-Sr., F, ETSU
Jan. 7      Jordan Lyons, Sr., G, Furman
Jan. 14    Kaelon Harris, Sr., F/G, The Citadel
Jan. 21    Djordje Dimitrijevic, Sr., G, Mercer
Jan. 28    Bo Hodges, Jr., G, ETSU
Feb. 4      Chevez Goodwin, Jr., F/C, Wofford
Feb. 11    Jordan Lyons, Sr., G, Furman