1/29/2024 11:36:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Athletics Department
MACON – Athletics department officials from Mercer University announced Monday that women's basketball's Stacie Jones and men's basketball's Jalyn McCreary have been named Mercer Student-Athletes of the Week for the week ending on January 28, 2024.
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Jones averaged a double-double in two starts for the Bears last week, tallying a team-best 15.5 points per game, while also logging 10.0 boards an outing as well. The Kathleen product shot just south of 45 percent (13-for-29) from the field, while also notching four blocks, one assist and a steal. Jones recorded a double-double with 11 points and a dozen rebounds in Thursday's tight loss at Wofford, and then put up 20 points and eight boards in Saturday's setback at Furman. She also added a career-best three blocks to her stat line at Wofford.
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McCreary, a Marietta native, came off the bench in road matchups at The Citadel and UNC Greensboro, but still registered a team-leading 15.5 points per game and 4.5 rebounds an outing, while also connecting on better than 59 percent of his field goal attempts. He crossed the 1,000 career points plateau amidst a 16-point, 7-rebound performance against the Bulldogs on Wednesday, and then tallied 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting against then-league-leading UNC Greensboro who boasted a No. 17 ranking in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll heading into the weekend.
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Jones averaged a double-double in two starts for the Bears last week, tallying a team-best 15.5 points per game, while also logging 10.0 boards an outing as well. The Kathleen product shot just south of 45 percent (13-for-29) from the field, while also notching four blocks, one assist and a steal. Jones recorded a double-double with 11 points and a dozen rebounds in Thursday's tight loss at Wofford, and then put up 20 points and eight boards in Saturday's setback at Furman. She also added a career-best three blocks to her stat line at Wofford.
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McCreary, a Marietta native, came off the bench in road matchups at The Citadel and UNC Greensboro, but still registered a team-leading 15.5 points per game and 4.5 rebounds an outing, while also connecting on better than 59 percent of his field goal attempts. He crossed the 1,000 career points plateau amidst a 16-point, 7-rebound performance against the Bulldogs on Wednesday, and then tallied 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting against then-league-leading UNC Greensboro who boasted a No. 17 ranking in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll heading into the weekend.
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| STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK | |||
| Week Ending | Student-Athlete | Student-Athlete | Summary |
| January 28 | Stacie Jones, Basketball | Jalyn McCreary, Basketball | Release |
| January 21 | Stacie Jones, Basketball | Jake Davis, Basketball | |
Players Mentioned
Saturday, November 14
Thursday, November 12
Tuesday, November 10
Sunday, November 08
