MAYERS NAMED LEAGUE, NJCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Hutchinson Blue Dragon sophomore forward Matt Mayers had a big week that included career highs for points and rebounds, another double-double and a game-winning shot with 0.4 seconds to play against Independence.

Mayers was named by the Jayhawk Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week and later in the day was tapped as the NJCAA Men's Division I National Player of the Week.

This was the second time this season that Mayers earned Jayhawk Conference honors. He is the first Blue Dragon to be named NJCAA National Player of the Week since Majok Kuath last season.

For the week, the sophomore from Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, averaged 22.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.

He made 20 of 25 shot attempts (80.0 percent) for the week. In Hutchinson's 79-77 win at Independence, Mayers scored a career-high 26 points on 13 of 15 shooting and scored the game winner, hitting a putback with 0.4 seconds to play for the game winner.

Mayers then posted his third double-double of the season with 19 points, on 7 of 10 shooting, with a career-high 13 rebounds against the Red Devils.