BUFFALO, NY – The Mid-American Conference announced on Wednesday afternoon that men's basketball senior guard Dontay Caruthers has been named the MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week.
Caruthers, who is currently a graduate student at UB in the education studies program, had the best offensive week of his career as he averaged 24.5 points per game during UB's two contests this past week. Last Tuesday, Caruthers had 21 points in an 83-59 win over Ball State as he was 8-of-10 from the floor, including 2-of-2 from three points range. In all, Caruthers missed just five combined shots over the two games, two coming from the free throw line and three coming from two-point range.