SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG forward Mikeal Brown-Jones has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for all contests from Jan. 15-21 after helping the Spartans remain undefeated at home. The award is selected by the league office.
Brown-Jones, who also won the award on Nov. 27, led UNCG to a 73-67 win over The Citadel on Jan. 17, before the Spartans took down Wofford, 82-59, on Jan. 20, making the team 9-0 at home this season. UNCG has not begun a campaign with nine straight wins at home since the 2004-05 season.
Against The Citadel, the senior scored a career-high 39 points on 14-for-21 (.667) shooting, including going 3-for-4 (.750) behind the arc. Brown-Jones also went a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe, grabbed four rebounds, had one assist, one steal and one block. The North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native’s 39-point performance is the highest scoring output by any SoCon player this season, the fourth-best in program history and tied for the seventh-highest total by any player in the NCAA this season.
In the contest with Wofford, Brown-Jones logged his fourth double-double of the season, finishing with 29 points and 10 rebounds. He shot 8-for-12 (.667) from the field and 2-for-3 (.667) from 3-point range, along with going 11-for-12 (.917) from the free-throw line.
For the week, Brown-Jones averaged 34.0 points and 7.0 rebounds, shooting 66.7 percent from the field, 71.4 percent from long distance and 91.7 percent from the foul line. In addition to his strong shooting, Brown-Jones played ideal basketball all-around as he logged 66 minutes of playing time, committing zero turnovers and having just two personal fouls in the two contests last week.
UNCG (14-5, 5-1 SoCon) travels to Western Carolina (15-4, 4-2) on Wednesday, before hosting Mercer (8-11, 1-5) on Saturday.
Other nominees: Jaden Seymour (ETSU), Alex Williams (Furman), Achor Achor (Samford), Trey Bonham (Chattanooga), Vonterius Woolbright (Western Carolina) and Kyler Filewich (Wofford)
2023-24 SoCon Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Nov. 13 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Nov. 20 Keyshaun Langley, Gr., G, UNCG
Nov. 27 Mikeal Brown-Jones, Sr., F, UNCG
Dec. 4 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Dec. 11 Alex Williams, Jr., F, Furman
Dec. 18 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Dec. 25 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Jan. 1 Jaden Seymour, Jr., F, ETSU
Jan. 8 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Jan. 15 Vonterius Woolbright, Sr., G, Western Carolina
Jan. 22 Mikeal Brown-Jones, Sr., F, UNCG