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Loyola’s Doyle Gains G-League Honors

Editor: The following is part of a press release by the Long Island Nets.

(Long Island, NY) – The NBA G League announced today that Brooklyn Nets two-way guard Milton Doyle was named ‘NBA G League Player of the Week‘ for games played Monday, Feb. 5, through Sunday, Feb. 11. This is the first NBA G League Player of the Week honor in Long Island Nets history and the first of Doyle’s career.

Doyle led the Long Island Nets to a 2-0 week, averaging 29.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks in 29.8 minutes per game while shooting 59.4 percent from the field and 61.9 percent from 3-point range.

In Long Island’s 125-119 home victory over the Raptors 905 on Feb. 6, Doyle scored a franchise-record and career-high 42 points with a career-high 11 assists, nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks. He also made a franchise-record 11 3-pointers in the win.

Editor: For the season, Doyle is the G-League’s eighth leading scorer averaging 21.7 points per game. He is three spots behind former Bradley Brave, Walt Lemon Junior who is contributing 22.7 points per game for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Former Valparaiso star Alec Peters is averaging 17.7 points for the Northern Arizona Suns.

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