Handy Named GCAC Player of the Week

Tougaloo, Miss. - On Tuesday, the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced its Players of the Week for the week of Nov. 6-12. Tougaloo's Tonzell Handy picked up the Player of the Week honor for men's basketball.

Handy, a junior forward from Jackson, Miss. is a transfer from East Central Community College. On last week, Handy put up career-high numbers as he led the Bulldogs to a 91-72 win over Texas College with a career-high 34 points and 20 rebounds. In the Bulldogs loss to Wiley College on Friday, Handy had 17 points and 6 rebounds in which 14 of his points were scored in the 2nd half of play.

On the week, Handy averaged 25.5 points and 13 rebounds on 63% shooting from the field and 68% shooting at the charity stripe. This is Handy's first player of the week honor.