GREENWOOD, Ind. – Trevecca Nazarene senior guard Byron Sanford was named the seventh Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for 2015-16 on Monday. 

Sanford, a consummate triple-double threat every time on the court, was at it again as the Trojans made their mark on the road to start the G-MAC schedule.
 
TNU defeated Cedarville in the conference opener for both teams as Sanford led all players with 32 points, the third-highest scoring total in the league this year.
 
Sanford picked apart the Yellow Jackets for his season-high scoring mark on 9-of-12 shooting. He also made 14 tries on free throws, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists.
 
Trevecca Nazarene won in the Callan Athletic Center despite trailing by four at halftime. The Trojans surged in the second half with a +16 scoring differential and shot 50 percent as a team for the game.
 
The Trojans were one of the more active teams during the holiday break while also playing Middle Tennessee State in exhibition action and Christian Brothers.
 
Sanford rang up a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds vs. MTSU and had nine points and five boards vs. the Buccaneers from the Gulf South Conference.
 
In 14 games this season, Sanford ranks second in the G-MAC in scoring (19.3 ppg), third in rebounding (7.6), eighth in field-goal percentage (.505), fifth in assists (4.1). He is the current league leader in steals per game (1.9).

Sanford's career scoring numbers in the G-MAC are also starting to add up. He currently ranks third all-time in scoring with 1,042 points through the completed week of Jan. 4.