Courtesy of Atlantic10.com
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Rhode Island junior Jared Terrell and St. Bonaventure junior Matt Mobley were selected as the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Co-Players of the Week while Saint Louis freshman Jalen Johnson was chosen as the league’s Rookie of the Week. The awards, announced Monday and presented by Come Ready Nutrition, are for games played Feb. 20-26.
Terrell was the key to the Rams’ 2-0 week, downing a pair of top 100 RPI teams. He averaged 22 points, six rebounds and 1.5 assists while shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29) from the floor. A guard from Weymouth, Mass., he tied his season-high with 24 points in a win at La Salle where he was 11-of-16 (.688) from the floor, including 9-of-10 (.900) from inside the arc. His best all-around performance of the week came against VCU, where he was one of two Rams to tally a double-double in a win over first-place VCU. Terrell connected on 3-of-6 (.500) from the outside – including two 3-pointers during a key second half stretch – and 9-of-13 (.692) from the charity stripe. He added a career-best 10 rebounds and three assists in 37 minutes of play.
Mobley led the Bonnies to a 2-0 week, averaging 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and two assists in wins at St. Joseph’s and at home against Duquesne. A guard from Worcester, Mass., scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in win on Hawk Hill, where 20 of his points came in the first half. It was his fourth double-double of the season. He then scored 20 points in the win over the Dukes, with 17 in the second half as the Bonnies overcame a three-point halftime deficit. This is Mobley’s second A-10 Player of the Week honor this year.
Johnson tied his career high with 17 points against both VCU and Saint Joseph’s and shot 63.2 percent for the week from the field, 55.6 percent from 3-point range and a perfect 5-for-5 from the line. The forward from Baton Rouge, La., tied his career high with 10 boards against Saint Joseph’s to finish with his second-career double double. Johnson also had a pair of blocks in both games last week.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Davidson’s Peyton Aldridge scored 27 points in each of the Wildcats’ games last week, including a 27-point, 13-rebound double-double at Richmond … Davidson freshman Jon Axel Gudmundsson averaged 12.5 points in two games last week, shooting a combined 71.4 percent from the field – 75 percent at Richmond and 66.7 percent against Dayton … Scoochie Smith didn’t hit a field goal in regulation, but scored 11 points in overtime at Davidson, including three consecutive 3-pointers, to lift Dayton to a road win … Duquesne’s Kale Abrahamson averaged 15.5 points, shooting 62.5 percent from the field with a 7-of-10 (.700) performance against Fordham … George Mason freshman Ian Boyd scored 15 points on 6-of-9 (.667) shooting on the road against George Washington … Zach Lewis scored a league-high 37 points Sunday to propel Massachusetts to a win over La Salle, sinking 9-of-16 (.563) from the field, 6-of-9 (.667) from 3-point range and a perfect 13-of-13 at the line … UMass freshman DeJon Jarreau scored 20 points and had four assists in a win over La Salle, hitting 7-of-8 (.875) from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range against the Explorers … T.J. Cline averaged 15 points, six rebounds and five assists for Richmond in two crucial victories for the Spiders, with 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists against Davidson … Richmond freshman De’Monte Buckingham had 19 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in the Fordham win while shooting 7-for-12 (.583) from 3-point range for the week.
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