INDIANAPOLIS – It was a sweep for the Cavaliers of Walsh in Week 13 of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Basketball Players of the Week awards series as announced on Monday afternoon.
 
Findlay moved to the top of the point rating system standings over the past week following wins over Kentucky Wesleyan and Trevecca Nazarene. The Oilers have a tally of 4.38 through 13 league contests.
 
Walsh was nationally ranked for one week before getting beat by Findlay. The Cavaliers are tied with the Oilers at 11-2 in the PRS, but trail by a slight margin with a 4.31 total. Hillsdale, Cedarville and Lake Erie are top five while Ohio Dominican, Kentucky Wesleyan and Malone, are the current top eight.
 
Very little movement occurred on the women’s side as 12th-ranked Walsh remains unbeaten. No. 24 Kentucky Wesleyan also won twice to sit idle at second while Cedarville and Findlay are third and fourth.
 
If the season ended today, Malone, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin and Lake Erie, would all be playoff bound.
 
Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Darryl Straughter
Walsh
Guard
Junior
Canton, OH (Canton McKinley HS)
 
Straughter is ninth in Division II in three-point field goal percentage and he demonstrated his marksmanship in a two-game showcase vs. Alderson Broaddus and Ohio Valley over the past week.
 
Now at over 48 percent on the season, Straughter averaged 26 points per game and sank half of 20 tries from beyond the arc. He also shot 50 percent from the field overall while the Cavaliers improved to 20-3 overall.
 
Against AB, he led his team with 23 points in 35 minutes. The junior was 8-of-17 from the field and added four rebounds.
 
The Walsh offense pushed for the century mark against Ohio Valley, producing 96 points. In 36 minutes, he scored a team-leading 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting. Straughter drained six treys as Walsh shot almost 55 percent from deep.
 
Straughter is fifth in the conference in scoring (17.2 ppg) and is the league leader in both three-point percentage and three-pointers made per game (3.8).
 
This is his second conference weekly honor of the current 2019-20 season.
 
Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Sha Carter
Walsh
Guard/Forward
Sophomore
Southfield, MI (Wylie E. Groves HS)
 
Carter hasn’t skipped a beat from her incredible freshman campaign as the Cavaliers remain nationally ranked for the fifth consecutive week and leading the Great Midwest point rating system standings.
 
Carter nearly averaged a double-double in games against Alderson Broaddus and Ohio Valley while shooting 70 percent from the field.
 
Walsh is pushing for a top 10 ranking as the program’s win streak reached 16 straight.
 
Carter had a double-double vs. AB with 16 points and 10 boards. She played 24 minutes and was 6-of-8 from the floor. In the same playing time on Saturday, she had 18 points and nine rebounds.
 
Carter was 8-of-12 from the field and added four steals as Walsh shot over 50 percent as a team. She currently leads the league in scoring at 18.7 ppg and field goal percentage (60.0).
 
Carter is also second in steals (2.2 spg) and ranks eighth in rebounding (7.0 rpg).