(Highland Athletics Photo)
Former Christian County guard Taiveyhon Mason has been named the Kansas Junior College Men’s Division II Player of the Week in helping the seventh ranked Highland College Scotties to a pair of wins.
The sophomore scored 25 points, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, and three rebounds in a 106-41 win. Against Neosho County, he scored a career-high 27 points and had six rebounds. He finished the week with a 22-point night in a 98-58 win over Louisiana Christian Prep.
After winning the award earlier in the day, he scored a career-high 30 points Tuesday night in a 76-72 win over Des Moines Area College.
Mason is averaging 24.2 points a game while shooting 65-percent from the field and adding three rebounds and two assists per game.
