Kentucky Wesleyan College’s Anthony Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Arsenal Tech/Kankakee CC) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Young, a 6-7 forward, exploded for a career-high 44 points in a win over Asbury on Saturday.

In the 125-67 win, Young tallied 30 first half points and finished the game 12-for-18 (.667) from the field. He knocked down 4-of-5 (.800) three-point attempts on the afternoon and also collected a career-high 14 rebounds in 25 minutes of work.

Additionally, he was a perfect 16-for-16 from the free throw line and chipped in a pair of assists and a steal.

Kentucky Wesleyan (1-0) will next face Hiwassee at home on Tuesday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Illinois Springfield’s Michael Fakuade Indianapolis’ Adrian Moss, Lewis’ Chris McClellan, Maryville’s Asa Toney, Missouri-St. Louis’ Joshua McCoy,  Northern Kentucky’s DeAndre Nealy, Quincy’s Justin Brock, Rockhurst’s James Robinson and UW-Parkside’s Leneal Harris.