Basketball

Abilene Christian, Austin Peay, Little Rock Claim First UAC Basketball Weekly Awards of the Season

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly men’s and women’s basketball award winners for Nov. 9.

Men’s Basketball

Player of the Week: Zyree Collins, Austin Peay

Collins opened up shop last week, leading the Govs and UAC with 20.5 points and 3.5 assists per game. The sophomore point guard went 18-for-20 from the charity stripe while picking up three steals and grabbing 13 boards in Austin Peay’s opening games of the 2026-27 season.

Newcomer of the Week: Jah’Likai King, Little Rock

King opened the new season with a bang with 41 points over the Trojans two games last week. The 6-2 guard went a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line over the two games while throwing down 27 points and shooting 9-for-13 (0.69) from the field in Little Rock’s season-opener at VCU.

Women’s Basketball

Player of the Week: Payton Hull, Abilene Christian

Hull led the Wildcats to a 2-0 start to the season scoring a UAC-high 18.0 points per game. Pull scored 20 points in the season-opener versus Howard Payne and swiped eight steals, setting a career-high and tying a DI program record. Hull followed with 16 points against Houston Christian and finished the week with a 51.9 field goal percentage.

Newcomer of the Week: Clearia Peterson, Austin Peay

Peterson averaged a double-double in the first week of the season with 15.0 points and 10.0 rebounds. Peterson led the Govs in scoring in both victories, putting up 12 at Campbell and 18 against Southeastern Baptist. Peterson shot 13-for-22 (59.1%) from the field and 4-for-5 (80.0%) from the free-throw line.

About the United Athletic Conference

The newly rebranded United Athletic Conference (UAC) is a competitive NCAA Division I conference sponsoring sixteen (16) sports and championships with nine (9) full member institutions including Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, Ark.), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) with the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) as an affiliate member in football.