ATLANTA, Ga. – Spring Hill College freshman point guard Jordan McIlwain was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Men's Basketball Newcomer of the Week on Tuesday, Dec. 18 for games played Dec. 10-16.

McIlwain helped lead Spring Hill to a pair of wins last week, extending the Badgers' win streak to three games. He averaged 18.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and one steal in the two games, in an average of 29 minutes played.

The 6-foot-2, Atlanta native scored a career-high 25 points on Tuesday, Nov. 11 in a win over Auburn Montgomery. He shot 70 percent (7-of-10) from the field, including 3-of-4 (75 percent) from 3-point range. He was a perfect 8-of-8 at the line.

On Saturday, Dec. 15, McIlwain followed his Tuesday performance with his first collegiate double-double, 12 points and 10 rebounds in the Badgers' SIAC opener against Paine College.

During the week, he connected on 11-of-21 shots, including 4-of-6 from long range and 11-of-12 from the free throw line.

For the season, McIlwain is averaging 16.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists through three games played, while shooting 51.7 percent.

Morehouse College senior forward Omar Alston was named the SIAC Player of the Week for the third-straight week.

Spring Hill (5-5, 1-1 SIAC) will travel to former NAIA Southern States Athletic Conference foe Loyola University (La.) on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. before entering taking a break for Christmas. The SIAC season will resume New Year's Eve at Clark-Atlanta University for a 7:30 p.m. ET tip-off.