Matt Causey named SSAC Player of the Week

DAHLONEGA - North Georgia guard Matt Causey was named Southern States Athletic Conference men's basketball Player of the Week for this past week.

Causey, a 6-0 sophomore from Gainesville, scored a combined 63 points in the two Saints' wins in SSAC action this week.

In North Georgia's 93-83 win on the road against Faulkner University, Causey scored 25
points and had 10 assists with five steals. Against Lee University, he scored a career high 38 points and again tallied 10 assists.

Causey leads the Saints in scoring (20.9 ppg), free throw percentage (87 percent), and assists (6.7 apg). He is also currently listed 18th, 11th, and fifth in those categories nationally in the NAIA.

This week, North Georgia will face Reinhardt College at home Thursday at 8:00 p.m. and No. 3-ranked Southern Polytechnic State University on the road Saturday at 4:00 p.m.