North Alabama guard Rashaun Claiborne (SR, 6-4, 190, Darrow, LA) is the
Noah Basketball Gulf South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second straight week. He helped lead UNA to a 1-1 record at the Florida Southern Classic, averaging 27.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals while also shooting 52.4 percent from the floor and 87.5 percent from the charity stripe.
The senior started the weekend with a bang, scoring a career-high 35 points along with seven rebounds and four steals in 37 minutes of an 84-68 win over St. Joseph’s (IN). His point-total was also the highest by a GSC player so far this season. The Darrow, LA native capped the weekend, coming one rebound shy of his second double-double in a 94-85 loss to No. 5 FSC, tossing in a team-high 20 points and grabbing nine boards.