December 30, 2024

HELENA, Mont. – Providence and Rocky Mountain eared the recognition on the ninth installment of the 2024-25 Erck Hotels/Frontier Men’s Basketball Players-of-the-Week, announced Monday.

Offense Player of the Week: Jamil Bowles, Providence Bowles, a senior forward from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was selected as the Offense Player of the Week.

He scored 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds (8 offense) in Argos’ 89-86 overtime victory over Dickinson State (N.D.).  Bowles was 12-of-20 from the field in the game (60 percent field goal shooting).

He averaged 1.5 assists per game in the tournament, hosted by Rocky Mountain (Green and Gold Classic).

This is Bowles' first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.

Defense Player of the Week: Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain Lee, a junior forward from Las Vegas, Nev., was selected as the Defense Player of the Week for the third straight week and fourth time in the last five weekly awards.

He had another strong weekend on the glass, where he is currently fifth in the NAIA in rebounds per game (12.4) this season.  He averaged 9.5 defensive rebounds per game as RMC went 2-0 record in their own home tournament (Green and Gold Classic).

Lee collected 13 defensive rebounds in Battlin’ Bears’ 63-62 win over Dickinson State (N.D.).  He also added three steals and two blocks in the tournament.

This is Lee’s fifth career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.
 

WEEK	OFFENSE	DEFENSE
9	Jamil Bowles, Providence	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain
8	Jack Reardon, MSU-Northern	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain
7	Mike Wright, Jr., Providence	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain
6	Jack Reardon, MSU-Northern	Antoine Boyd, Jr., Providence
5	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain
4	Kyle Gruhler, Montana Western	Hayden Diekhans, Montana Tech
3	Hayden Diekhans, Montana Tech	Jaylon Lee, Rocky Mountain
2	Camdyn Larance, Montana Tech	Ifeanyi Okeke, Montana Tech
1	Isaiah Crane, Carroll	Derek Kramer, Carroll