GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its weekly awards following Week 12 of the men's basketball season. Michigan Tech senior forward Trent Bell was honored as GLIAC North Division Player of the Week, while Saginaw Valley State senior guard Delano Smith was tabbed GLIAC South Division Player of the Week.
NORTH DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Trent Bell - Michigan Tech
Senior forward Trent Bell (Negaunee, Mich.) was announced as men's basketball GLIAC North Division Player of the Week on Monday. Bell helped the Huskies to a pair of road wins with double-doubles in both games. He totaled 36 points, 24 rebounds, seven assists, three steals, and five blocks. Thursday night, Bell shot 10-for-15 from the field at Davenport for 24 points. He tallied 11 rebounds (five offensive) and five assists. On Saturday afternoon, Bell marked 12 points and shot 4-for-8 with 13 rebounds and two blocks. Bell currently ranks first in the conference in steals per game (1.7 spg), second in rebounds (8.8 rpg), seventh in blocks (0.9 bpg), and 29th in points (11.2 ppg). He leads the team with nine double-doubles and is approaching 1,000 career points (987).
SOUTH DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Delano Smith - Saginaw Valley State
Senior guard Delano Smith (Novi, Mich.) recorded a pair of double-doubles for SVSU last week starting with 17 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Wisconsin Parkside on Thursday. He led SVSU to a win over Purdue Northwest on Saturday, scoring 14 points and pulling down 19 rebounds, just three short of the Cardinal program record for a single game. Smith is averaging 16.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game this season. SVSU is 17-7 overall and 11-5 in the GLIAC.
HONORABLE MENTION
NORTH: Max Bjorklund (NMU), Kemon Bassett (LSSU), Lee Higgins (FSU), Anthony Barnard (PNW)
SOUTH: DeSean Munson (NU), David Hughes (WSU), Chris Rollins (DU)
