GREENWOOD, Ind. – A near triple-double and one of the season’s top individual scoring efforts landed Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week accolades for Trevecca guard Byron Sanford.
 
The rising junior netted 20.5 points on over 68 percent shooting (15-of-22), 7.5 rebounds and seven assists per game as the Trojans matched up against Missouri S&T and McKendree, both members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
In Trevecca’s second meeting this season against Missouri S&T on Friday, Sanford carved up the Miners’ defense for a game-high 32 points on crisp 11-of-14 shooting from the field.
 
He also pulled in six rebounds, dished out five assists and recorded a pair of steals, as the Trojans were on the short end of a 10-point final.
 
The following day, the Trojans handed the Bearcats of McKendree their first loss of the season as Sanford was one point, one rebound and one assist away, from a coveted triple-double. He was 4-of-8 from the field as the Trojans nearly led wire-to-wire in Lebanon, Ill. 
 
Sanford’s three-pointer in the second half gave Trevecca its largest lead of the game up by 15 points with 14:19 left in regulation. 
 
Trevecca moved to 5-6 on the season overall while maintaining a 2-0 start to the league schedule.
 
Sanford tops the conference in assists (5.1 apg), ranks fourth in the G-MAC in scoring (17.1 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.2 rpg), second in steals (2.8 spg), third in minutes played (33.3 mpg) and 13th in field goal percentage (.488).