West Florida guard/forward Ellis Young III (JR, 6-4, 200, Merritt Island, FL) is this week’s
Noah Basketball Gulf South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after averaging 27.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in the Argonauts’ 1-1 week.
The junior captured his first-ever accolade, logging 67 total minutes and shooting 60.6 percent from the field and 70.0 percent from the charity stripe. He began the week, helping UWF to a season sweep of Shorter by scoring 21 points and grabbing five boards in a 75-73 triumph in Rome. The Merritt Island, FL native saved his best for last in an 86-70 setback at Alabama-Huntsville, tallying a career-high 33 points in 34 minutes along with eight rebounds and three steals. The effort was enough to push Young to No. 1 in the league in scoring.