Game Winners & Lots of Dimes
(St. Louis, MO) – Terry Taylor just keeps on making history and Wendell Green is putting up Ja Morant-like numbers. They are two of the OVC weekly standouts. Taylor collected his FIFTIETH DOUBLE-DOUBLE and banked home a game-winner.
Austin Peay’s Taylor scored 38 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the Governors’ three-point win over Eastern Illinois and it was Taylor’s triple with time running out that won the game. Taylor is the Ohio Valley Conference’s ‘Player of the Week’. The award is his record tying fifteenth honor. He joins Morehead State standout Kenneth Faried with 15 weekly awards.
The 6’5 senior ranks sixth nationally in rebounds (11.4 per game) and is twenty-first in scoring (21.2 ppg).
While Taylor’s hall-of-fame career is on display, Eastern Kentucky freshman Wendell Green is doing special things. During Saturday’s 90-80 victory, the 5’11 guard handed out FIFTEEN ASSISTS! For the week he averaged 12.5 points, nine assists and 4.5 rebounds. Green has won back-to-back ‘Freshman of the Week’ honors. The 15 assist performance was the most by any OVC player, since Morant delivered 16 dimes in 2019.
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Jacksonville State players have hauled in back-to-back ‘Newcomer of the Week’ awards. This week’s winner is Brandon Huffman. The 6’10 transfer (North Carolina) averaged a double-double (14.5 points and 13 rebounds. He logged a 16 point/16 rebound game against EKU. Until Taylor’s 17 rebound game, it was the largest output by an OVC player this season. Amanze Ngumezi earned the award last week.
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Three more road wins so far in @ValleyHoops as @BradleyUMBB @BelmontMBB & @UIC_MBB capture road wins. Looks like @DrakeBulldogsMB will do so too. #FatherHarry
Well @RacersWBB followed the men's example and swept Iowa in the @ValleyHoops race! Racers are 6-1 & if @BelmontWBB holds on to their Iowa sweep, the Bruins and Racers will be tied for first. What a trip for those two teams! #FatherHarry
After today's action, @EIUWBB is 8-0 in @OVCSports play. 4 teams @usiwbb @TTUWBB @LRTrojans @LindenwoodWBB are tied at 6-2. Six other teams are under .500. Great race to the finish lies ahead. #FatherHarry
Really entertaining game between @BelmontMBB & @UEAthletics_MBB. Under four minutes left in a one point game. Gabriel Pozzato back in the Aces' lineup. Rogers is playing like I've expected. Triples are dropping. It's fun and @kylejpeach bringing it on #ThePlus #FatherHarry
