University of Southern Indiana sophomore guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) was named the GLVC Player of the Week after leading the Screaming Eagles to a pair of wins in the GLVC/GLIAC Challenge at the University of Indianapolis. The GLVC Player of the Week award is the first of Stein’s career.
The 2016 GLVC Freshman of the Year averaged a team-high 27.5 points and 4.5 assists per game, while grabbing 4.0 rebounds per day.
Stein started the season with a 19-point performance in the 90-77 victory over Lake Erie College to start the year, hitting two-of-eight from the field and 15-of-16 from the line. He also dished out six assists and grabbed five rebounds.
The sophomore guard finished the first weekend of regular season action by exploding for 36 points in the win over Ashland University. Stein led USI to a 13-point comeback win by scoring 28 of his 36 points in the second half. He was 12-of-19 from the field, one-of-two from long range, and 11-of-12 from the line.
USI and Stein continue non-conference action Friday and Saturday in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Eagles are slated to play Florida Southern College Friday and Kentucky Wesleyan College Saturday at 8:30 p.m. each night.
The Hall of Fame Classic also features second-ranked Lincoln Memorial University, third-ranked Bellarmine University, and fifth-ranked University of Alabama-Huntsville. Additional classic game times are 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. each day.
