Co-Lin Basketball Sweeps Weekly Conference Awards

WESSON – The MACCC announced the recipients of the conference player of the week awards as voted on by the sports information personnel on Tuesday, November 19. Co-Lin Basketball swept the honors this week taking both men's and women's player of the week honors. For the Lady Wolves, Angel Wilkinson (Brookhaven) took the honor while Deven Bates (Jackson) grabbed the honor for the Wolves.

Angel "Cookie" Wilkinson had an outstanding week for the Lady Wolves as they went 1-1. The sophomore guard from Brookhaven started the week with a 23-point, five-rebound, and five-steal performance in the Lady Wolves 80-71 loss to Holmes. Wilkinson then had a career night against Delgado as she narrowly missed a triple-double in the 101-69 win with 31 points, 10 assists, and nine steals (all career-highs) while shooting 76.5% from the floor (13-17) and 60% from three. For the week she averaged 27 points per game, four rebounds per game, six assists per game, and seven steals per game.

"Cookie Wilkinson is playing outstanding for us right now. Not only is she leading us in scoring, but she is also leading us in steals and is consistently one our top rebounders and assists getters," stated Co-Lin women's head coach Dr. Britta Stephens. "Night in and night out, she makes our team better by doing the little things. As one of our only sophomores, she has been a great leader for us all fall and has worked very hard to teach and encourage our freshmen. I am very excited for Cookie to receive this honor. She puts in countless hours of extra work and is very deserving of this honor."

Deven Bates had a solid week for the Wolves as they went 2-0. The freshman guard from Jackson started his week with an 18-point and three rebound performance against Baton Rouge Post Grad in a 107-84 win. Bates then followed up with a 30-point and four rebound performance in the Wolves 95-60 win over Delgado. For the week, Bates averaged 24 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game, and two steals per game while shooting 57.6% from the floor.

"Deven is the kind of player that coaches love to have on their team," stated Co-Lin men's head coach David Sanders. "He comes in early and stays late and earning this is a testament to his focus and determination. We need him to stay consistent and fearless for the rest of the season."

The Lady Wolves are currently 5-3 overall and will play against South Arkansas on Thursday, November 21 before heading into the Thanksgiving break while the Wolves are currently 4-4 overall and will return to action after the Thanksgiving break as they hit the road to face off against Baton Rouge on Monday, December 2.