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ST. LOUIS – Southern Illinois junior golfer Matthis Besard was named Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday. This is the second time receiving the weekly honor in his collegiate career.

Besard was the Saluki’s top finisher at the Louisiana Classics, as the Oudenaarde, Belgium, native shot 1-over par with rounds of 72, 78 and 67 for a three-round score of 217. Besard’s third-round score of 67 was his first of the 2020-21 season and the eighth of his career, tying him with the fourth-most in program history.

Besard’s play at the Louisiana Classics helped the Salukis finish in a tie for sixth out of a 14 teams. The field featured three teams ranked in the GolfStat top-50 and seven players ranked in the top-150. SIU finished just two strokes shy of cracking in the top-five at the event.

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