MAC Announces YP.com Men's Basketball Players of the Week
YP.com MAC East Division Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Isaiah Johnson, Akron
Junior, Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Walnut Hills)
Johnson led the Akron Zips men's basketball to a pair of wins at the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. With the 2-0 showing , the Zips improved to 9-3, the best start in head coach Keith Dambot's tenure. Johnson was named MVP at the classic after recording a double-double in the final game.
YP.com MAC West Division Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Jonathan Williams, Toledo
Junior, Guard, Southfield, Mich (Southfield – Lathrop)
Williams scored 25 points, one shy of his career high, to lead Toledo to a 95-62 victory over North Carolina A&T on Monday. Williams shot a season-best 72.7 percent from the field on 8-of-11 shooting in the Rockets' lone contest of the week. He also knocked down a season-best 57.1 percent (4-of-7) from three-point range. Williams sparked the Rockets in the first half by burying his first three treys of the game en route to a 45-34 halftime advantage.
November 16, 2015
Chris Ortiz, Kent State, Sr., Forward
Rayshawn Simmons, Central Michigan, Sr., Guard
November 23, 2015
Antino Jackson, Akron, So., Guard
Nathan Boothe, Toledo, Sr., Center
November 30, 2015
Jimmy Hall, Kent State, R-Jr., Forward
Nathan Boothe, Toledo, Sr., Center
December 7, 2015
Pat Forsythe, Akron, Sr., Center
Nathan Boothe, Toledo, Sr., Center
December 14, 2015
Kellon Thomas, Kent State, R-Jr., Guard
Tucker Haymond, Western Michigan, Jr., Forward
December 21, 2015
Lamonte Bearden, Buffalo, So., Guard
Marin Maric, Northern Illinois, So., Center
