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Providence Guard Kris Dunn is Big East Player of the Week
The Big East conference announced their weekly honors on Monday, January 12th and Providence’s Kris Dunn was named Big East Player of the Week.
Dunn averaged 20.5 points/game, 7.5 assists/game, 5.5 rebounds/game and 40.5 minutes/game in Providence’s 2 wins last week. Dunn was a catalyst in both games, including scoring 20 of his career high 25 points in the second half of a road win at Butler. Dunn also scored 8 of Providence’s 10 points in overtime in their win against Georgetown on Saturday.
Dunn is off to an impressive start to the Big East season and is leading the league in assists and steals and those marks are good for 5th (assists) and 9th (steals) nationally. This is the first time in his career Dunn has been named Big East Player of the Week. Dunn becomes the second Friar named the league’s Player of the Week with LaDontae Henton receiving the honor on November 24th.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 11/25/14
- ICYMI – Providence Jumps into the USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25, Receives Votes in AP Poll
- ICYMI – LaDontae Henton Named CBSSports.com’s National Player of the Week
- ICYMI – LaDontae Henton Named Big East Player of the Week
- ICYMI – “Buckets” – A Short Film on LaDontae Henton
- College Basketball Talk – Rob Dauster – Providence star LaDontae ‘Buckets’ Henton may be the nation’s most under-appreciated star
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Kock – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: Local teams off to great start
- Scout Friars – Richard Coren – Henton Keys Tournament Championship
- ESPN.com – Eamonn Brennan – Afternoon links: LaDontae Henton is in the building
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – College Hoops Journal: National ranking another milestone for Cooley’s Friars
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Best Scoring Games in PC History
- Friars.com – Tickets Available For Men’s Basketball Game Vs. Yale On Friday at 4 p.m.
LaDontae Henton Named Big East Player of the Week
LaDontae Henton keeps racking up the weekly honors. This now makes CBSSports.com, College Basketball Talk, ESPN.com’s Andy Katz as outlets that have called Henton their player of the week. Here is the full release of Big East weekly awards from the conference:
NEW YORK – Providence forward LaDontae Henton, who led the Friars to the title of the Hall of Fame Classic, was named BIG EAST Player of the Week. Xavier guard Trevon Bluiett was named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week after helping the Musketeers to a 3-0 start this season.
BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK LaDontae Henton, Providence, F, Sr. Henton helped the Friars start 5-0 and win the Hall of Fame Classic title by averaging 23.4 points and 5.8 rebounds. He shot 56.4 percent from the field. On Sunday, he poured in a career-high 38 points and hit the winning free throws with 14 seconds left in a 75-74 win over Notre Dame in the championship game. On Saturday, Henton had 24 points and 10 rebounds in an 80-54 victory over Florida State.
BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Trevon Bluiett, Xavier, F, Fr. Bluiett averaged 18.0 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 67.9 percent from the floor in a 3-0 start for Xavier. His top scoring output was 20 points in a 97-74 win against Long Beach State. He leads the team in scoring, steals (1.3) and free throw percentage (.917).
BIG EAST Honor Roll Kellen Dunham, Butler, G, Jr. Averaged 19.0 points and shot 66.7 percent from 3-point range in a 3-0 start for the Bulldogs.
Isaiah Zierden, Creighton, G, So. Averaged 16.3 points and made a league-leading 14 3-pointers in a 4-0 start.
Joshua Smith, Georgetown, C, Sr. Helped the Hoyas to a 3-0 start by averaging 17.3 points and 8.3 rebounds.
Sterling Gibbs, Seton Hall, G, Jr. Averaged 16.0 points while helping the Pirates to a 3-0 start and two wins at the Paradise Jam.
Matt Stainbrook, Xavier, C, Sr. Averaged 16.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in a 3-0 start. He leads the league in field goal shooting at 86.4 percent.
#pcbb Links of the Day 2/25/14
- ICYMI – ESPN Films Announces Next 30 for 30 Documentary: “Requiem for the Big East”
- Friars.com – Bryce Cotton Named BIG EAST Player of the Week
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- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Cotton Watch: 7th All-Time at PC in Scoring
