Southeast Missouri forward Tyler Stone earned Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honor for the second consecutive week.

He averaged 18.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, two steals and one block per game while hitting 53.8 percent (14-of-26) from the field in two Redhawk victories.

The OVC Preseason Player of the Year led the Redhawks to their third and fourth-straight victories and to the No. 6 seed in the OVC tournament. Stone had double-doubles in each game and now has 13 on the season, which is second in the OVC.

He started the week with 20 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, two blocks and a steal against Austin Peay, as the Redhawks won and clinched a spot in the postseason.

He capped the week with 17 points, 14 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in 46 minutes, as Southeast Missouri topped Murray State 118-115 in double-overtime, just the Racers’ third loss in conference play.

Stone ranks third in the OVC in both scoring with 19.1 points per game and rebounding with 9.5 per game.

Murray State’s Jarvis Williams won his seventh OVC Newcomer of the Week honor of the season after averaging 19.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game and made 62.5 percent (15-of-24) from the field in two games.

The transfer from Gordon State College began the week with 14 points and nine rebounds against Tennessee-Martin.

Williams finished the week by scoring 25 points and grabbing 15 rebounds to net his 13th double-double of the season.

In that game he hit 8-of-12 field goals and 9-of-10 free throws in the double-overtime loss to Southeast Missouri.

Williams ranks second in the OVC in rebounding with 10.4 per game and fourth in field goal percentage with 63.3 percent.

Antonius Cleveland earned his second straight, and fifth overall, OVC Freshman of the Week award.

He averaged 16.5 points, five rebounds and three assists per game and made 73.7 percent (14-of-19) of his shots for Southeast Missouri last week.

The guard scored a career-high 21 points as the Redhawks topped Murray State 118-115 in double overtime on Saturday.

He scored seven of his team’s 13 points in the second overtime to lift the Redhawks to the victory.

For the game he added four rebounds, three assists and a steal in 38 minutes. He started the week with 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and two blocks in a victory over Austin Peay. In that game he was a perfect 5-of-5 from the field.

Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].