University of Southern Indiana’s Jamar Smith is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. The junior guard led his team to a pair of conference wins this past week.
Jamar Smith kept the Screaming Eagles in the running for the top seed in the GLVC West with two great performances for the week. On Thursday, Smith opened up with 21 points to defeat Missouri-St. Louis, 81-54. Smith also added four assists and three rebounds against the Tritons.
Smith finished the week with a game-high 29 points, tying his season-best in the win over Missouri S&T, 94-73. Smith went 10-of-15 from the field, five-of-eight from beyond the arc, and pulled down nine rebounds.
For the week, Smith averaged 25 points, six rebounds, three and a half assists, and 2 steals per game. Southern Indiana leads the conference in scoring offense averaging 86.3 points per game.
The Screaming Eagles (23-5, 12-3) will be on the road this week to face Drury and Rockhurst.
Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Saint Joseph’s Andrew Helmer, Bellarmine’s Chartrael Hall, Drury’s Dusty Allen, and Lewis’ Dennis Thomas.