March 2, 2026

Browder’s outrageous two-game stretch leads to SAC Player of the Week honors

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Buoyed by one of the greatest two-game scoring runs in school history, Carson-Newman senior forward Jack Browder (Kingsport, Tenn.) has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Buoyed by one of the greatest two-game scoring runs in school history, Carson-Newman senior forward Jack Browder (Kingsport, Tenn.) has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

The honor is the third of the year for Browder and the seventh in his career. He has the second-most player of the week honors for a Carson-Newman career behind Charles Clark's league-record 11.

Browder scored 85 points for the week, averaging 42.5 points per game in an 80-65 win over Mars Hill and an 87-81 overtime loss to Lenoir-Rhyne. Browder also averaged 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game.

He topped 30 for a second straight game for the second time in his career against Lenoir-Rhyne. Browder finished with 39 points. He was 8-of-26 from the field, 2-of-8 from three and a SAC and Carson-Newman record 21-of-21 at the line. The 21-of-21 effort at the line is the third-best mark in NCAA DII history for consecutive free throws made in a game without missing. Browder had broken Carson-Newman's 59-year-old record Wednesday against Mars Hill before surmounting it against the Bears. He has made 38 consecutive free throws.

The senior also snagged 11 rebounds for his 39th career double-double and swiped a career-high five steals. It was Browder's 10th career 30-point night and his third in the last month. Browder moved into fourth on both the Carson-Newman and SAC all-time scoring lists. He passed Steve Adams on the Eagles' listing and LMU's Luquon Choice on the league's sheet. He has 2,068 points in his career. Browder's 695 points this season are the most by a C-N player in a single season in the NCAA era. They are the seventh most by a player in league history.

Browder brought his season total for free throws made to 230 - the second-most in SAC history.

Against Mars Hill. Browder altered the record books with a 46-point night. He produced the fourth-highest single-game scoring effort in school history and the ninth-best night in South Atlantic Conference history. The 40-point point night is the eighth all-time in C-N history. He scored 20 points in the first half before dropping 26 after halftime. Going 17-of-17 at the free throw line broke Tommy Everette's 59-year old school record for the most free throw attempts in a game without missing. Everette connected on 14-of-14 against Georgia Southern on Dec. 9, 1967. In the game, Browder knocked down his 500th career free throw, becoming the third player in SAC history and the fourth in school history with 500 made free throws. He also roared past Charles Clark and Mike Ogan to reset the program record for free throws made in a season with 209. He is the fifth player in league history to make 200 free throws in a single season. With 230 made free throws this season, he is second for a single season in league history.

Browder has scored 105 points in his last three games, the second-highest three-game stretch in school history behind the 110 points Charles Clark scored around his then-school record 54-point game his junior year against Coker in 2016-17.

Browder and the rest of the Eagles will be in action Thursday in the quarterfinals of the SAC tournament at 5 p.m. Pregame coverage for the Eagles' matchup with Lincoln Memorial starts at 4:45 with the AEC Countdown to Tipoff on Talk 106.3 (WPFT-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live. A live feed of the broadcast crew at work on press row will be available on YouTube.