JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) has announced its weekly men’s and women’s basketball award winners for Nov. 9.
Men’s Basketball
Player of the Week: Nasir Mann, Queens
Mann led the Royals to back-to-back wins over Winthrop and Loyola Marymount to start the 2026-27 season where he scored a career-high 28 points against LMU. The grad student shot 62 percent from the field while going 10-for-18 from beyond the arc while averaging a league-best 19.33 points per game last week.
Newcomer of the Week: Bryson Lucas, FGCU
Lucas had a breakout start to the 2026-27 season where he averaged 18.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in the Eagles two games last week. The fifth-year, who came to FGCU from the Division II level, notched a 25-point, 10-rebounds performance to help the Eagles take UCF to overtime in the team’s season-opener and made him just the second Eagles player since 2015 to post a double-double in their FGCU debut.
Women’s Basketball
Player of the Week: McKayla Miller, Lipscomb
Lipscomb’s McKayla Miller led the ASUN in scoring last week. She posted 20 or more points twice in three games to total 60 points while shooting 21-42 from the field. The senior guard also recorded 20 rebounds and six steals for the Bisons.
Newcomer & Freshman of the Week: Samirah Mamoudou, Jacksonville
Samirah Mamoudou recorded 36 total points, 17 rebounds and eight steals this week for the Dolphins. Mamoudou led the league in total steals, free throw percentage, and offensive rebounding this week while adding three steals and a block against Miami (FL).
About the Atlantic Sun Conference
The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), founded in 1978, is an NCAA Division I athletic conference, composed of eight (8) destination-based institutions spread throughout the southeastern United States.
ASUN members include Bellarmine University (Louisville, Ky.), Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, Fla.), Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, Fla.), Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tenn.), the University of North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), Queens University of Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.), Stetson University (DeLand, Fla.), and the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.).