OVC/MVC Men’s Weekly Stars

Some Old Veterans Shine

(St. Louis, MO) – Old veterans Duke Deen and Kenny White Jr are two of the Ohio Valley and Missouri Valley Conference’s weekly stars. Deen is a Bradley senior and White a fifth year player for Morehead State.

Both veterans had explosive offensive performances. Three incoming transfers earned their first weekly awards.

Player of the Week Awards

White is playing for his fourth team during his five year college career and last week the 6’7 wing averaged 23.5 points during Morehead’s two games. The veteran has always been a box score stuffer. Last week the OVC ‘Player of the Week’ added 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

Deen played one season at Troy and is playing in his third season with the Braves and is closing in on 1,000 points in the Bradley uniform. The 5’8 guard scored 23 points on a remarkable seven of eight long distance shooting performance and is the Valley’s ‘Player of the Week’. Bradley’s leading scorer is the MVC’s preseason ‘Player of the Year’.

Newcomer Weekly Stars

Transfers Teddy Washington Jr and Marko Maletic are the OVC’s ‘Co-Newcomers of the Week’. Washington scored a season-high 28 points during Southeast Missouri’s win over Kansas City. Washington made seven three-pointers in the Redhawk win.

Despite not starting either of Western Illinois’ games, Maletic averaged 21.5 points with back-to-back twenty-point games. Maletic spent one season at Long Island University and one injury-plagued year at Toledo.

Dez White becomes Missouri State’s second MVC ‘Newcomer of the Week’ for averaging 18 points-per-game during the Bears’ MTE in the Cayman Islands. Vincent Brady took home the week two award. The former ASUN all-freshman team member has scored at least twelve points in each of Missouri State’s eight games.

Freshmen of the Week

Lindenwood rookie Jadis Jones is staking a claim to the Ohio Valley’s ‘Freshman of the Year’ award. This week’s ‘Freshman of the Week’ award is Jones’ third weekly honor in four weeks of the season. Jones scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Missouri.

Valparaiso split its two games and rookie All Wright scored 13 points in the win over Northern Illinois and ten during a loss at DePaul. Wright becomes the fourth different MVC freshman to be named ‘Freshman of the Week’.

During the first four weeks of the season, no Valley player has earned more than one weekly award.

These MVC weekly stars will get their first taste of league this week.

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Editor: Cover photo of Jadis Jones courtesy of lindenwoodlions.com.