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    Burks Named SLC Player Of The Week
    Lumberjack senior earns honor after leading SFA to 3-0 start.
    Antonio Burks
    Antonio Burks

    Dec. 1, 2003

    PLANO, Texas -- Stephen F. Austin State University's Antonio Burks has been voted Southland Conference men's basketball player of the week after helping his Lumberjacks to two wins and a 3-0 start. Following is a look at his performance along with others nominated for the weekly award.

    Antonio Burks, Stephen F. Austin, Sr., F, 6-5, 220, Texarkana, Ark. Burks helped the 'Jacks to a 2-0 record for the week with road wins over Baylor and Alcorn State. He led the team in scoring in both games, posting a career-high 28 points in the win over Baylor and coming back with a game-high 17 points in the Alcorn State win Saturday. For the week, Burks was 17-of-26 (.653) from the field, including 9-of-12 (.750) on three-point attempts, and 2-of-2 (1.000) at the line. He averaged 22.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. 

    
HONOR ROLL

    
Raymond Anthony, LU, Jr., G, 5-10, Aurora, Ill.
Anthony averaged 23.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.5 steals
per game in helping Lamar post a 2-0 record last week. He scored a
career-high 29 points in Lamar's 110-76 win over Hardin-Simmons. He
followed with 18 points and five steals in an 88-72 win over North
Texas. For the week, he shot 40.6 percent (13-32) from the field, 37.0
percent (10-27) from 3-point range and 91.7 percent (11-12) from the
free throw line.

    
Wilder Auguste, SHSU, Jr., F, 6-6, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Auguste scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Sam Houston
to a 68-57 victory over previously unbeaten University of Central
Arkansas. He went 6-of-7 from the field with three steals and a block.
He scored four points in a 122-71 loss to 11th ranked University of
Texas at Austin.

    
Terry Conerway, TXST, Sr., G, 6-3, Cleburne, Texas
Conerway led the Bobcats in scoring in all four games last week. He
scored 15 points in a win over Texas Lutheran in just 18 minutes and had
11 points in an opening-round loss to Purdue in the Great Alaska
Shootout. Conerway scored a career-high 30 points against
Alaska-Anchorage and then had 14 points in Saturday's loss to Pacific.
Conerway also averaged five rebounds during the week.

    
Rapheal Posey, UTSA, Jr., F, 6-2, Topeka, Kansas
Posey led UTSA with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting in the Roadrunners'
73-47 loss to Illinois-Chicago. He also posted three steals and three
rebounds while knocking down two 3-point field goals. Posey has scored
in double figures in three of the first four games this season.

    
Chavis "Tank" Thompson, ULM, Sr., C, 6-10, Florence, S.C.
Thompson averaged 10.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in four games last week.
In the Indians' first win of the season, against Central Methodist on
Sunday, Thompson produced a double-double with 10 points and 12
rebounds. On Saturday at LSU, Thompson hit 6-of-10 shots from the field
on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds. He also had 10 points and
five rebounds vs. Rhode Island.