Kansas City, Mo. (November 27, 2017) – Nebraska Kearney’s Yashua Trent and Central Missouri’s Spencer Reaves have been named the MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athletes of the Week.

MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week
Yashua Trent, G, University of Nebraska Kearney

Trent, a 6’1” senior from Chicago, Ill., averaged 21.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game last week as UNK went 1-2 in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Trent shot 67 percent from the field as he had back-to-back 25-point games against nationally ranked Arkansas-Ft. Smith and SE Oklahoma State. The efforts were one off his career-high point total.

MIAA Men’s Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week
Spencer Reaves, G, University of Central Missouri

Reaves, a 6’3” senior from Newark, Ark., led the Mules to three wins last week. Reaves averaged 20.7 points per game along with 5.3 rebounds. He scored 30 points in a win against East Central before scoring 22 against Rockhurst. Reaves scored 10+ points in all three games and was incredibly efficient, shooting 59.5% from the floor (22-37) and 42.9% from three (6-14). In two of the Mules wins, Reaves shot better than 60% from the floor, going 11-17 against East Central and 9-13 against Rockhurst. He also added six assists and five steals on the week and 12 free throws on 14 attempts.

— MIAA Press Release —