MAC Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week
Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green
Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee)
Javontae Campbell picked up where he left off last season and then some for the Falcons. Over the first three games of the season, Campbell posted two 20-point games while averaging 20.7 for the week. More impressively, he totaled 17 steals over three games. Campbell's best game came against Le Moyne, swiping eight steals to tie the program's single-game steals record as the fifth player in program history to do so. The outing raised his steals per game to 5.7. He also led the team in rebounds in the season opener with seven as well as assists with five. In the game against Le Moyne, he added another four assists, tying for the team lead. Campbell's effort for the week aided the Falcons in reaching a 3-0 start to the season for the first time since 2014-15.
MAC Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week
Morgan Safford, Graduate Student, Guard, Kent State
Columbus, Ohio (Bishop Hartley)
Kent State’s Morgan Safford is making his presence felt just two games into the season after missing most of last year with an injury. Over the first two outings, he has scored 55 points for an average of 27.5 per game, shooting 17-32 from the floor with 14 threes to his name. Safford is also 7-11 from the free throw line after a pair of games, and his 34 points against Cornell on Nov. 7 were the most from him in a Kent State uniform. The KSU guard is now just 33 points away from eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for his college career.