Ken Horton Named Northeast Conference Choice Hotels Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Junior forward Ken Horton was named the Northeast Conference Choice Hotels men's basketball player of the week for the third time on Monday afternoon. Horton and the Blue Devils have won six in a row heading into Wednesday's night's home game with Bryant. Horton leads the league in scoring and is second in rebounding this season.
Junior forward Ken
Horton was named the Northeast Conference Choice Hotels men's
basketball player of the week for the third time on Monday
afternoon. Horton and the Blue Devils have won six in a row
heading into Wednesday's night's home game with Bryant. Horton
leads the league in scoring and is second in rebounding this
season.
Horton claims his conference-leading third Choice Hotels NEC Player
of the Week award of the season after sparking the red-hot Blue
Devils to their first Western Pennsylvania sweep in nearly a
decade. CCSU has now won six in a row and remains one game out of
first place in the NEC standings with a 9-3 mark.
Horton, who posted his seventh and eighth double-doubles of the
year, averaged 24.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5
blocks in the two wins. He shot a scorching 65.2 percent from the
floor, 50.0 percent (4-8) from three-point range and 93.8 percent
(15-16) from the line. Horton contributed 18 points, 10 rebounds
and four blocks on Thursday as CCSU won at Saint Francis (PA),
86-79. Two nights later, he was a dominant force in an 80-58 win
over Robert Morris. Horton poured in 31 points and grabbed 10
boards, while shooting 9-13 from the field and 11-12 from the
stripe. It was the Ossining, NY native's third 30+ point game of
the season and the fourth of his career.
Horton currently leads the NEC with 18.6 ppg and eight
double-doubles, and also ranks second in rebounding (8.5 rpg),
third in blocks (1.4 bpg) and free throw percentage (.867), eighth
in field goal percentage (.479) and tenth in steals (1.3 spg).
