Lawrence University men’s basketball star Jon Mays has been named the Midwest Conference Player of the Week.
Mays (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) earned the honor after scoring a career-high 38 points in Lawrence’s 85-65 victory over Carroll University this past Saturday.
For the two games last week, the senior guard averaged 26 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 69.2 percent (18-26) from the floor, including 58.3 percent (7-12) from 3-point range.
In the win over Carroll, Mays hit 12 of 16 shots from the floor, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range. He also grabbed eight rebounds and had one steal and one assist. The 38 points topped Mays’ previous career best of 27 points, which he set against Monmouth on Jan. 15.
It also is the most points scored by a Lawrence player against an opponent other than Grinnell College since Pete Hachmeister had 45 against Silver Lake College in 1975.
Mays also scored a team-high 14 points in Lawrence’s 73-52 loss to St. Norbert earlier in the week.
Lawrence (9-8, 8-4 MWC) returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Ripon College.