Jamestown (UJ) University of Jamestown has announced that
Mason Walters of the University of Jamestown is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball player-of-the-week. Walters, a sophomore from Jamestown, North Dakota, posted back-to-back double-doubles in helping Jamestown to a pair of road wins last week. He scored 13 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in a win over Hastings, one board away from the all-time UJ record. Walters followed that up with 20 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Doane while also blocking three shots. He currently leads the NAIA with seven double-doubles.
Walters is currently averaging 24.3 points and and 13.5 rebounds for the 6-2 Jimmies, who are back in action Tuesday night at Presentation (S.D.) College.
UJ also announced that the accolades keep coming in for Hannah DeMars.
In addition to being named this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women’s basketball player-of-the-week, DeMars added NAIA National Player of the Week honors to her resume on Tuesday.
DeMars, a sophomore from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, scored a career-high 39 points in Jamestown’s 90-81 win at Doane. Her 39 points were the second-most in a game by a UJ player in school history and currently tied for the NAIA high this season. In addition, she posted a pair of double-doubles, averaging 30.5 points and 12 rebounds in the two games.
DeMars is averaging 22.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the 4-2 Jimmies.
Jamestown is back in action with an exhibition game at Presentation (S.D.) College Tuesday at 6 p.m., then return to GPAC action on Saturday at Mount Marty (S.D.)
