Men's Basketball

Week 1: CCS Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

ATLANTA, Ga. (November 9, 2026) – The Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) has announced its Men’s Basketball Players of the Week.
 
Noah Pence (Covenant) was named Player of the Week, while Sukhi Singh (Piedmont) earned Rookie of the Week, released by the league office on Monday.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Noah Pence, Covenant
Guard  |  Junior  |  Murfreesboro, Tenn
 
Pence opened the season with a standout scoring weekend, averaging 36.5 points across two games. He poured in a career-high 44 points in an overtime matchup against Grinnell, marking the second-highest single-game scoring performance in Covenant program history. Pence finished the weekend with 73 total points while shooting 64% from the field, 43% from three-point range and 85% percent from the free-throw line, while also adding seven rebounds and seven assists.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK– Sukhi Singh, Piedmont
Guard  |  Freshman  |  Spartanburg, S.C.
 
Singh made an immediate impact in his collegiate debut, scoring 12 points in Piedmont’s 98-77 win over Toccoa Falls. He was perfect from beyond the arc, connecting on all three of his three-point attempts in the victory, while also adding six rebounds.
 
OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED
 
MEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK Drew Mancell (Belhaven); Catfish Battle (LaGrange); Sam Medalie (Piedmont)
MEN’S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Noah Sensing (Belhaven); Jack Fox (Covenant)
 
 
ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH
The CCS is an NCAA Division III athletic conference that began play during the 2022-23 academic year. The conference features seven member institutions (Agnes Scott College, Asbury University, Belhaven University, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, and Piedmont University) and sponsors championships across 16 sports. In addition to sharing the member institutions' geographic identity, the name 'Collegiate Conference of the South' is indicative of a shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy.
 
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