GPAC

[Men's Basketball] Merritt Garners GPAC Weekly Award

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced weekly honors for basketball. Laurence Merritt of Midland University has been named the GPAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for games played December 6-12, 2021.Merritt, a senior from Chicago, Illinois, averaged 28.5 points last week as Midland went 2-0 in conference play. He hit several key shots in the wins while adding seven rebounds and four steals. Merritt made the most of his chances, converting field goals at a clip of 58.8 percent and shooting 92.9 percent from the charity stripe.