David Woodard has been named the G-MAC Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week after leading his team with 21 points per game and six rebounds as the Trojans went 1-1 last week, including a win over preseason #19 Alabama-Huntsville.
Woodard scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed a game-high-tying six rebounds, five other players grabbed six boards, in a tight 65-59 win over Alabama-Huntsville. The win came just a week after UAH defeated TNU 83-69 in Huntsville. He played 33 minutes, shooting 4-7 from the field and did a majority of his damage from the charity stripe, going 11-13 from the free throw line. Woodard also added a block, a steal, and team-high three assists in the win. He made five free throws and grabbed two rebounds in the final minute of the game to extend the lead from 57-56 to the final score of 65-59.
Woodard also scored a game-high 23 points and added six rebounds, and an assist in the teams slim four-point loss to McKendree. Once again, he did his scoring on free throws, going 11-15 from the line. He shot 6-10 from the field in only 26 minutes. With his performance, he moved up to sixth in scoring in the conference with 16.3 points per game.