NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont junior guard Tyler Lundblade was on fire from long-range as he helped lead the Bruins to a pair of big victories as well as this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
The Dallas native recorded career highs in back-to-back games as he scored 25 points at Bradley and 27 at home against Missouri State, but the impressive thing was the accuracy with the deep ball as he was 17-for-28 from 3-point range in the two contests.
He knocked down eight treys at Bradley, while he sank nine at home in the Curb Event Center – one short of Andy Wicke and Nick Smith’s single-game record of 10. The Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week ranks among the nation’s leaders in 3-point shooting.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Middle Tennessee junior guard Ta’Mia Scott earned the Women’s Player of the Week honor with two strong scoring performances this past week.
The Clarksville product opened the week with a career-high 30 points, a career-best 14 rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal as the Blue Raiders topped Jacksonville State 63-46. In the game, she was 11-for-16 from the field with two 3-pointers and was 6-for-6 at the line. Scott scored 14 of Middle Tennessee’s 20 points in the third quarter.
She followed that game up with 24 points, eight boards, an assist and a block in the 76-43 win over Kennesaw State.
SOFTBALL: Tusculum’s Danielle Jason and Belmont’s Maya Johnson earned the first Softball Players of the Week honors to add to their weekly accolades.
Jason, named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II Player of the Week, shined at the plate as she batted .762 over six games, collecting 16 hits, 17 runs scored and 11 stolen bases, while also driving in four with four doubles, a triple, three walks and three sacrifice bunts. She has helped Tusculum improve to 8-0 for its best start in program history.
Johnson threw a perfect outing in her second game of the season as she blanked Eastern Kentucky with no walks and no hits over the complete-game effort. She struck out 13 batters in the contest for just the second perfect game in Belmont history.
She finished the week with a 0.00 ERA over two appearances as she allowed one hit and two walks over six scoreless frames against Georgia Tech, fanning 10 Yellow Jackets in the 1-0 loss.
2024-25 TSWA College Players of the Week
Men’s Basketball
11/12 | Jacob Ognacevic (Lipscomb)
11/19 | Doyel Cockrill III (Fisk)
11/26 | Russ Marr (Sewanee)
12/3 | Trey Bonham (Chattanooga)
12/10 | Jack Browder (Carson-Newman)
12/17 | Jonathan Pierre (Belmont)
12/31 | Jacob Ognacevic (Lipscomb)
1/7 | Parker Applegate (Union)
1/14 | Elyjah Freeman (Lincoln Memorial)
1/21 | Jacob Ognacevic (Lipscomb)
1/28 | John Zhao (Carson-Newman)
2/4 | Jacob Ognacevic (Lipscomb)
2/11 | Tyler Lundblade (Belmont)
Women’s Basketball
11/12 | Jennifer Sullivan (Carson-Newman)
11/19 | Ni’Kiah Chesterfield (Tusculum)
11/26 | Molly Heard (Lipscomb)
12/3 | Anastasiia Boldyreva (Middle Tennessee)
12/10 | Talaysia Cooper (Tennessee)
12/17 | Khamil Pierre (Vanderbilt)
12/31 | Khamil Pierre (Vanderbilt)
1/7 | Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt)
1/14 | Anastasiia Boldyreva (Middle Tennessee)
1/21 | Micah Hart (Bethel)
1/28 | Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt)
2/4 | Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt)
2/11 | Ta’Mia Scott (Middle Tennessee)
Softball
2/11 | Player: Danielle Jason (Tusculum); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
