DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.- Savannah College of Art and Design senior guard Shaun Watson helped lead SCAD to an upset victory of No. 20 Flagler last Saturday to share Florida Sun Conference Player of the Week honors with Florida Memorial's Tramaine Stevens for the week ending January 15th, conference officials announced today.
Watson scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the second half to lead the Bees to upset over Flagler. With SCAD nursing a two-point lead, Watson converted on 5-of-6 opportunities from the charity stripe in the final 1:18 to preseve the victory. He was 9-for-10 from the free throw line on the week and shot 63.0 percent from the field (12-for-19).
Watson set SCAD's career record for steals (161) in a 75-70 loss to Morris College (S.C.) earlier in the week. Watson also holds the college's career assist mark.
Other Nominees:
Ryan Exter, Embry-Riddle
Ben De La Cruz, Flagler