Nelson recognized as SAC Player of Week

After scoring the most points by a Wayland Baptist Pioneer this century, Marshall Nelson has been named Sooner Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
 
Nelson scored 43 points in the No. 21 Pioneers' 102-99 overtime victory Saturday over Sul Ross State. In 38 minutes, the 6-foot-2 junior guard from Perth, Australia, made 9-of-16 field goals (56 percent), including 3-of-7 3-pointers, and hit 22-of-25 free throws (88 percent). He also had three rebounds, three assists and a steal.
 
Nelson's 43 points matches the most points scored by a SAC player this season and were seven short of the Pioneers' all-time scoring record of 50 points set way back in the 1955-56 season by Roy Young against Sheppard Air Force Base.
 
"(Marshall) was great. He had a great night," WBU assistant coach Landon Hughey said.
 
Nelson now is eligible for NAIA Player of the Week honors.
 
It's the second SAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week recognition for Wayland this season. Louis Timms was honored Nov. 21.
 
The Pioneers (9-3) are off this week. They return to action Monday, Dec. 19 in San Antonio against Our Lady of the Lake (5-2), ranked the equivalent of 35^th in the NAIA. Wayland defeated the then 14^th-ranked Saints, 81-72, in Plainview on Nov. 22.