SEWARD, Neb. – Senior guard Brad Bennett excelled on both ends of the floor this past week as the Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Basketball team earned a pair of GPAC wins. On Tuesday (Jan. 7), the league office recognized Bennett as the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week. Bennett has earned a GPAC weekly award for the first time in his career. Teammates Tristan Smith (Nov. 20 and Dec. 17) and Jaxon Stueve (Dec. 31) have also been honored by the GPAC during the 2024-25 season.
Known for his 3-point shooting, Bennett also starred defensively as the Bulldogs won at Dakota Wesleyan, 95-84, on Jan. 2 and then routed No. 11 Dordt, 99-72, at home on Jan. 4. Those two opponents were held to a combined 45.8 percent shooting. In the win over previously undefeated Dordt, Bennett swiped a pair of steals and had the assignment of defending GPAC leading scorer Lucas Lorenzen, who was limited to nine points on 3-for-10 shooting from the floor. The Elkhorn, Neb., native Bennett also drained eight 3-point field goals and equaled a career-high with 26 points. Bennett scored seven points in the win at Dakota Wesleyan.
Through 15 games this season, Bennett is averaging 11.5 points per game while shooting 47.6 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from 3-point range. A Michael Benedictine High School alum, Bennett has played in 81 career games and has tallied 841 points while netting 168 career 3-point field goals.
Head Coach Ben Limback’s squad (11-4, 6-3 GPAC) will carry a five-game GPAC win streak into Wednesday’s game at Doane (8-8, 3-5 GPAC). Tipoff is slated for 7:45 p.m. CT from the Haddix Center in Crete.