Clarksville, Tenn.– Sophomore forward Terry Taylor, of the Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team, has been named the Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week.
The Bowling Green native earned Ohio Valley Conference and Tennessee Sports Writers Association Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honors after averaging 33.5 points and 13.0 rebounds for the week, hitting 55.6 percent (25-of-45) from the floor, 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from three and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) at the charity stripe. He had 25 points and eight boards in Thursday's ESPN2 matchup with the Racers, hitting 10-of-17 from the floor.
The Bowling Green native put his stamp on the week with a 42-point, 18-rebound effort Saturday at Morehead State. The 42 points represents the most by an OVC player this season and the first 40-point night by a Governor since Derek Wright in a triple-overtime thriller against Southeast Missouri, Jan. 29, 2008. The 18 rebounds were the most by any Division I player in 2018-19 and also were a career-best for Taylor, who posted his season's ninth double-double. Just for kicks, he set the Johnson Arena single-game scoring record by a league opponent and the first point he scored on the evening was his 500th of the season; he's one of two players in program history to score 500 points in each of his first two seasons, joining James "Fly" Williams.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Athlete of the Week is selected by the APSU Sports Information staff each Wednesday during the academic year. Copies in a Flash, of Clarksville, sponsors the award.
Other notable performances by Austin Peay athletes included:
- Senior Savannah Amato, of the track and field team, won the pole vault at the Redhawk Open and re-took her spot atop the OVC with a season-best 4.10m mark.
- Junior Tatiana Lopez, of the women’s tennis team, remained unbeaten (7-0) in singles matches this spring, dispatching IUPUI’s
- Senior guard Keshia Gregory, of the women’s basketball team, put up 21 points in a road win at Morehead State, Thursday, then returned to the Dunn Center and scored 23 against Murray State, hitting all three attempts from beyond the arc and adding in six rebounds.
- Junior Michael Busse, of the men’s golf team, opened the spring season with a fourth-place, one-under 215 (74-69-72) at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor. He led the tournament in par-5 scoring (4.67/hole) and sank a team-high 13 birdies.
- Senior pitcher Morgan Rackel, of the softball team, tossed the eighth no-hitter in program history, striking out seven and walking two in Sunday’s 1-0 win against Jackson State at the Louisiana Classic. Rackel also hit .385 (5-of-13) with four RBI and two runs scored for the weekend.
- Freshman outfielder Garrett Spain, of the baseball team, hit .400 (4-of-10), collecting a hit and an RBI in all three of the Governors season-opening contests against Kentucky.
