FRISCO, Texas — Southeastern's Jakevion Buckley has been named this week's Jersey Mike's SLC Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. Buckley is the second Lion to win the award this season. 

Men's Basketball Player of the Week: Jakevion Buckley – Sr. – G – Shelbyville, Texas (Shelbyville High School)
Buckley averaged 23 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.5 blocks while hitting 51.7% from the field and 76.2% from the free throw line in a 2-0 week for the Lions. He began the week with 19 points, nine rebounds, and three assists in an 81-79 win over Lamar. Buckley then ended the week with a career high 27 points on a career-high 10 made field goals with six rebounds, four assists, three steals, and a key block with SLU nursing a one-point lead and just over a minute left in a 71-66 win at UIW.
Honorable mention: Michael Gray Jr., Nicholls

2024-25 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Players of the Week

Date	Player of the Week
Nov. 11	Davion Bailey, UIW
Nov. 18	Hasan Abdul Hakim, UTRGV
Nov. 25	Sincere Parker, McNeese
Dec. 2	Michael Gray Jr., Nicholls
Dec. 9	Alexis Marmolejos, Lamar
Dec. 16	Andrew Holifield, Lamar
Dec. 30	Cliff Davis, UTRGV
Jan. 6	Javohn Garcia, McNeese
Jan. 13	Sam Hines Jr., Southeastern
Jan. 20	Robert Brown III, Nicholls
Jan. 27	Addison Patterson, Northwestern State
Feb. 3	Jaylen Searles, Nicholls
Feb. 10	Jakevion Buckley, Southeastern

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.