WALESKA, Ga. – The reining AAC player of the year has been honored again by the league.

Bradley Bunch is the offensive player of the week.

Bunch, a 6-6 senior from Big Stone Gap, Va., scored 23 points on Saturday in an 85-70 win at Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) College. It was the only game of the week for the Bears.

Bunch also had six rebounds, four of them off the offensive glass. He added three assists, blocked two shots and had two steals. In addition, the guard was 4 for 9 on three-point shots.

For the season, he is averaging 12.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, the latter of which is sixth in the league. He leads the Bears with 22 three-pointers and is second in assists with 29 and blocked shots with eight.

His 23 points were a season-high for Bunch. He had his highest total in six different categories on Saturday.

Bunch now has 1,341 career points, which has him 16th on the all-time scoring list. He trails Hall of Famer Terry Epling, who is in 15th place, by 34 points.

UPike is 9-2 on the season, winners of eight in a row. Their 5-0 record in the conference has them the league's only unbeaten team. They have a one-and-a-half game lead over Tennessee Wesleyan University, and visit it on Saturday.

Between now and then, the Bears will entertain Milligan (Tenn.) University. The game will be played at the UPike Gym, is the second of a doubleheader and is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.

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