Lonnie Hayes has been named the G-MAC Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, as Hayes was given the honor after the first week of the season. Hayes led his team to two G-MAC wins this week over Cedarville and Central State to improve to 10-1 in conference play, holding a percentage advantage over Alderson Broaddus in the standings.
In the two games, Hayes averaged a conference best 30.5 points per game. In the win over Cedarville, Hayes scored a conference-high 35 points last week. He followed it up with a team-high 26 points and a conference best (last week) six assists against Central State.
For the week he scored almost half of his points from the free throw line, going 26-27 from the charity stripe. As of last week, Hayes ranked in the top-15 in the nation in free throw attempts and makes. His rankings should improve with his performances over the weekend.
Hayes improved his season scoring average to 18.0 points per game, ranking fifth - only 1.2 points behind conference leader Sequan Lawrence of Ohio Valley.