By: Matt Sullivan, Associate Director of Athletics Communications
LAFAYETTE – Louisiana's JaKeenan Gant picked up his first career weekly honors on Monday after he was selected as the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week as voted on by the league's head coaches.
Gant, a 6-foot-8 senior from Springfield, Ga., continued his torrid start to Sun Belt Conference play by helping Louisiana (11-6, 2-2 SBC) earn a split during its two-game trip to Georgia.
The weekly honor was the first for a Ragin' Cajun since Frank Bartley shared the award on Nov.