SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer’s Ethan Stair has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week presented by GEICO for all contests from Feb. 25-29 after posting double-doubles in a pair of wins to end the regular season. The award is selected by the league office and is the final one of the 2019-20 campaign.
 
Stair averaged 14.0 points and 16.5 rebounds per game last week, adding five assists and three steals. He posted his 11^th and 12^th double-doubles of the season.
 
In the Bears’ 73-57 win at The Citadel on Wednesday, Stair scored 14 points and pulled down a career-best 23 rebounds, the most in a game by a SoCon player this season. He hit two 3-pointers and had four assists in the contest.
 
The redshirt senior from Hazel Green, Alabama, followed that up with another 14 points and 10 rebounds in Mercer’s 59-47 win over Wofford on Saturday, going 6-for-10 (.600) from the floor. Stair hit another pair of 3-pointers and had an assist and three steals.
 
Mercer, which went 17-14 overall and 11-7 in SoCon play this season, claimed the No. 4 seed in the Ingles SoCon Basketball Championship presented by General Shale and will face No. 5 seed Western Carolina (18-11, 10-8) in the quarterfinals on Saturday, March 7, at 2:30 p.m.
 
Other nominees: Kaelon Harris (The Citadel), Patrick Good (ETSU), Noah Gurley (Furman), James Dickey (UNCG), Josh Sharkey (Samford), Ramon Vila (Chattanooga), Onno Steger (Western Carolina) and Messiah Jones (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
Feb. 18    Carlos Dotson, Sr., F, Western Carolina
Feb. 25    Jeff Gary, R-So., G, Mercer
March 2   Ethan Stair, R-Sr., G, Mercer