OU's Derick Nelson Named Player of the Week
Derick
Nelson,
Oakland
Jr., F,
6-5, Lansing, Mich./Bridgton Academy (Maine)
Nelson
earns Player of the Week honors after averaging 20.0 points, 7.0
rebounds and 2.0 steals in a pair of wins last week. The junior
finished with a team-high 18 points to go with five rebounds, two
assists and two steals in a 67-53 win over Rochester College. He
followed that up with a game-high 22 points, including a
season-high 11 free throws, and nine rebounds in a 68-62 upset of
No. 23/21 Oregon last Saturday. The win was the Golden Grizzlies'
first over a Top 25 opponent since becoming a Division I
program.
Also
nominated: George Hill, IUPUI; Tim Blackwell, UMKC; Robert Jarvis,
Oral Roberts; Kai Williams, South Dakota State; Geoff Payne,
Southern Utah; Jerryck Owens-Murrey, Western
Illinois.
Previous
winners: Dec. 17 - Brett Winkelman, North Dakota State; Dec. 10 -
Demetrius Johnson, IPFW; Dec. 3 - George Hill, IUPUI; Nov. 26 - Ben
Woodside, North Dakota State; Nov. 19 - Nick Stallings, Centenary;
Nov. 12 - Jeremiah Hartsock, UMKC.
