BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has tabbed Bethune-Cookman’s Jakobi Heady, Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Quion Williams, Jackson State’s Jayme Mitchell Jr. and Mississippi Valley State’s Michael James for SWAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards. 
 
Player
Heady averaged 23.0 points and 7.0 rebounds across the two-game stretch while shooting an efficient 46 percent from the field and 86 percent at the free-throw line. He also added 1.5 assists per game, helping power B-CU on the offensive end of the floor.
 
Co-Impact
Williams played a pivotal role in helping UAPB earn victories over Jackson State and Alcorn State. Over the two games, he averaged 22.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game, while also shooting efficiently from the perimeter. 
 
Co-Impact
Mitchell was a key contributor for Jackson State during this past week of competition. He averaged a team leading 26.0 points per game to go along with 10.5 rebounds per game.

Newcomer 
James averaged a league leading 30.0 points per game during this past week of competition for Mississippi Valley State. He shot an efficient 50 percent from the field and 33 percent from beyond the arc.
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.

Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.

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