GREENWOOD, Ind. – Kentucky Wesleyan senior forward C.J. Blackwell was named the 14th Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for 2015-16 on Monday. 

This marks Blackwell’s fourth career G-MAC Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week honor (third this season) as the 15th-ranked Panthers sealed their postseason seeding for the G-MAC Championship. 

With two more conference wins this past week, Kentucky Wesleyan clinched the G-MAC regular-season title and earned hosting responsibilities for the six-team tournament that will be conducted in Owensboro in March.

KWC completed the regular-season sweep against Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus to finish out a four-game homestand.

The Panthers improved their record to 23-3 overall and 9-1 in the conference. 

Blackwell averaged 18 points per game while shooting just under 61 percent of the field. He also averaged four rebounds, one assist and one steal per game. 

The savvy senior made 8-of-14 tries from the field as he filled the box score with 21 points and six rebounds against Davis & Elkins. He made four shots from deep and had a block and two steals.

Against defending league champ AB, Blackwell was shooting lights out again, going 6-for-9 overall and 2-of-4 from behind the three-point arc. He ended with 15 points and two rebounds in just 27 minutes. 

In the G-MAC this season, Blackwell ranks 12th in scoring (13.5 ppg), is tied for seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.412) and is tied for second in three pointers made (61). 

The Panthers round out their regular season this week as they take on Ohio Valley and Salem International on the road before returning home to host the conference tournament.