Ashland University sophomore forward Wendell Davis is the first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the 2014-15 season.
Davis led the Eagles in scoring in both wins over the weekend at the Third Annual Cedarville University Don Callan Classic – a 77-44 victory over Alderson Broaddus and a 75-60 triumph over Cedarville. He scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and a 5-of-5 effort from the free-throw line against Alderson Broaddus, then posted a career-high 25 points on 9-of-13 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the foul line against Cedarville.
For the week, Davis scored 40 points, grabbed eight rebounds, shot 63.6 percent from the field and hit 92.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Prior to the start of the season, Davis was chosen as a second-team selection in the South Division on the 2014-15 All-GLIAC Men's Basketball Preseason Teams. He is AU's top returning scorer from a season ago at 10.7 points per game. Davis shot 59.6 percent from the field (sixth-best in the GLIAC) and averaged 4.5 rebounds a contest as a freshman.
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