Amazing Stars of the Valleys

Mosley Soaring

(St. Louis, MO) – National attention is coming to Isiaih Mosley! He is one of this week’s amazing stars of the Valleys. The Missouri State guard is shredding opposing defenses and is claiming national awards. Mosley and others have been named to the MVC and Ohio Valley Conference weekly honors.

Individual performances are sparking team successes.

Missouri Valley Conference

Mosley has claimed his third straight ‘Player of the Week’ award for scoring 64 points last week leading the Bears to two victories, including their pivotal win at #22 Loyola. His 40 points in that contest lifted him into the league’s season-long scoring leadership. He has averaged 34.4 points per game over his last five games. Mosley’s 172 points in that time are the fourth highest total during college basketball’s last five years.

Late Monday afternoon, Mosley was named the ‘Lute Olson – Player of the Week’.

Mosley’s light is so bright that Terry Roberts’ feats as the Valley’s top newcomer have practically gone unnoticed. The Bradley guard  claimed his second straight ‘Newcomer of the Week’ (and fourth overall) award. While the Braves were sweeping their two games, Roberts averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists. The 6’3 junior is the Valley’s third leading scorer and tied at the top of the assists’ race.

Ohio Valley Conference

Johni Broome keeps racking up double-doubles and the Morehead State rebounding machine is the OVC’s ‘Player of the Week’. The 6’10 center averaged 18.5 points, 14.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks during the Skyhawks’ wins over Belmont and Southern Illinois Edwardsville. Broome is among national leaders in double-doubles and leads the OVC in rebounding. The weekly award was Broome’s second this season.

SIUE’s DeeJuan Pruitt had something of a breakout week. The OVC’s ‘Newcomer of the Week’ averaged 15.7 points and 8.7 rebounds during the Cougars’ three games. His 17 rebounds at Tennessee Tech tied an SIUE, Division 1 rebounding record and his 6.9 rebounding average is the OVC’s sixth best average.

Pruitt’s teammate Ray’Sean Taylor picked up his fifth ‘Freshman of the Week’ honor. The Collinsville, Illinois native averaged 16.7 points per game and the OVC’s leading freshman scorer and is second to Murray State’s Tevin Brown for the conference overall leadership.

Sharing the freshman award with Taylor is Southeast Missouri’s Phillip Russell. The St. Louis, Missouri native earned his fourth weekly honor for averaging 12 points and 7.5 assists per game and sparking the Redhawks to a pair of wins. Russell is the league’s ninth leading scorer and 14^th in assists.