For the second week in a row,
West Florida guard/forward Ellis Young III (JR, 6-4, 200, Merritt Island, FL) has been named the
Noah Basketball Gulf South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Young turned in another impressive week, averaging 29.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in a pair of Argonauts’ home wins.
The junior opened the week, notching his first double-double of the season in a 76-64 win over West Alabama led by 17 points and a season-high 14 rebounds and six steals in 35 minutes of action. The Merritt Island, FL native did not stop there, breaking UWF’s single-game scoring record in an 87-79 triumph over West Georgia by pouring-in 41 points in 33 minutes. Young’s scoring effort was the highest in a game by a GSC player since 2006-07 when North Alabama’s Milton Nance and Montevallo’s Greg Brown scored 43.