DAHLONEGA, GA – Senior Andrew Bennett has been named the Moe’s Southwest Grill North Georgia Athlete of the Week after leading the Saints into their first week of the 2009-10 season announced Monday afternoon by the Sports Information Office.

Bennett averaged 15.3 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per contest during the first three games of the season last week for the Saints, including a career-high 23 points against Reinhardt College to open the season.

Bennett was 7-9 from the free throw line in the contest and 8-9 from the field while pulling down eight rebounds in the nine-point victory. He then put up 14 points on 4-7 shooting from the field against Truett-McConnell, posting another impressive performance from the charity stripe, going 6-8 from the line.

The Saints then went on the road to take on Newberry College and the senior from Coventry, England, posted nine points in 19 minutes of action, going 3-5 from the field and the free throw line while pulling down six rebounds.

North Georgia will host Lynn University Tuesday evening before traveling to Jerfferson City, Tennessee, over the weekend for the Carson-Newman Tournament.