Olivet College’s McClary earns D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors

Just one day after being named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Player of the Week, Olivet College senior forward Brandon McClary (Bellaire) has earned D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors.

Each week during the college basketball season, D3hoops.com staff selects five players for the honor. McClary joins Ben Rubin, a guard from Middlebury (Vt.) College; Lance Beckwith, a guard from Bethany (W.Va.) College; Keenan Hardy, a forward/guard from Rust (Miss.) College; and Andrew Powers, a center from Gettysburg (Pa.) College, as this week's honorees.

Last week, McClary helped the Comets win their final two regular season games and secure the No. 4 seed in the 2009 MIAA Tournament. In a 75-72 double overtime win at Alma College Feb. 18, he scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds. In an 81-76 win against Adrian College Feb. 21, McClary posted a double-double, 16 points and 14 rebounds. For the week, he made 17-of-29 (58.6 percent) shots and grabbed 22 rebounds, including 13 offensive boards.

For the season, McClary leads Olivet in scoring (17.8 ppg), field goals made (186), free throws made (71), field goal percentage (50.5 percent) and steals (44). He is second in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and blocks (22).

The Comets (12-13) are back in action tomorrow, Feb. 25, when they host Kalamazoo College in the first round of the 2009 MIAA Tournament. Tip-off inside The Cutler Event Center is 7:30 p.m. The winner of the game will advance to play the winner of the Trine (Ind.) University at Calvin College game in the semifinals Friday night at 8:15 p.m. The semifinals and championship game will be played at the highest seed of the four surviving teams from the first round.