Rice's Almond Named C-USA Player of the Week
Rice senior guard Morris Almond averaged 35.0 points for the Owls as the C-USA Preseason Player of the Year earned Player of the Week honors for the week ending Nov. 26.
MORRIS ALMOND, RICE Senior, Guard, Powder Springs, Ga.
Almond tied the Conference USA record with a 42-point performance at Utah on Saturday, hitting 13-of-16 field goals, including four 3-pointers, and nailing 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. He made his first eight field goal attempts and hit seven straight free throws before a miss. It was his 10th career game with more than 30 points and the second time in his career he scored more than 40 points (the 42 points was a career-high). For the week, Almond averaged 35.0 points, with 28 points in a Nov. 20 game with Oregon, and shot .634 (26-41) from the field despite being double teamed during most of both games. This is his first C-USA Player of the Week honor for the season and fourth of his career.
I'm pleased Morris received the honor; however, the sooner the rest of the "Little Almonds" improve their play, the better the Owls will be the season which I'm sure is more important to Morris than receiving weekly accolades.
MORRIS ALMOND, RICE Senior, Guard, Powder Springs, Ga.
Almond tied the Conference USA record with a 42-point performance at Utah on Saturday, hitting 13-of-16 field goals, including four 3-pointers, and nailing 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. He made his first eight field goal attempts and hit seven straight free throws before a miss. It was his 10th career game with more than 30 points and the second time in his career he scored more than 40 points (the 42 points was a career-high). For the week, Almond averaged 35.0 points, with 28 points in a Nov. 20 game with Oregon, and shot .634 (26-41) from the field despite being double teamed during most of both games. This is his first C-USA Player of the Week honor for the season and fourth of his career.
I'm pleased Morris received the honor; however, the sooner the rest of the "Little Almonds" improve their play, the better the Owls will be the season which I'm sure is more important to Morris than receiving weekly accolades.
posted by Kris Gardner @ 2:14 PM
1 Comments:
At November 27, 2006 7:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
Let's get real. Morris is expected to get accolades. But the rest of the team is expected to help. Some one should be scoring in double numbers every night. Seeing as Morris is drawing double teams, defensively. But, if they are playing mediocure now. What will they look like when conference starts?
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