Feb. 22, 2010
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INDIANAPOLIS - Green Bay junior guard Rahmon Fletcher has been named the Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 21. It is Fletcher's third weekly award of the season, tying him with Butler's Gordon Hayward for the most in the League.
A native of Kansas City, Mo., Fletcher averaged 19.5 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals to lead the Phoenix to a pair of wins last week. He scored 17 points in a key League victory over Cleveland State (74-57) on Wednesday and then had 22 points and four assists in a 60-59 win over Indiana State in BracketBusters on Saturday. His driving lay-up with 11 seconds left proved to be the game-winner against ISU as Green Bay led for less than two minutes of the game.
Fletcher currently ranks third in the Horizon League in both scoring (16.3 ppg) and steals (1.8 spg). In conference games only, he tops the League with 16.7 points per game.
Green Bay (19-10, 10-6 Horizon League) enters the final week of the regular season in third place in the League standings, just one game behind Wright State for second place and a bye to the League tournament semifinals. The Phoenix needs just one more win to post the program's first consecutive 20-win seasons since doing so three straight years from 1993-94 to 1995-96.
Other Top Performances for the Week
Todd Brown, Wright State (Sr., G) -- Averaged 14 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game as the Raiders split a pair of games last week
Norris Cole, Cleveland State (Jr., G) -- Averaged 16.3 points and 5 assists in a 1-2 week for the Vikings, scoring 22 at Milwaukee and 18 against Toledo
Ricky Franklin, Milwaukee (Sr., G) -- Averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.7 rebounds as the Panthers went 2-1 last week with a pair of League victories
Gordon Hayward, Butler (So., F/G) -- Averaged 13 points and 11.5 rebounds with double-doubles in both of the Bulldogs' wins, including 15 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks versus Siena
Matt Kenney, Valparaiso (Fr., G) -- Averaged 19 points and 3.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week for the Crusaders, netting a season-high 27 in a League victory over Loyola
Robo Kreps, UIC (Jr., G) -- Averaged 21.5 points and 3.5 assists and scored 19 of his 28 in the second half at Evansville, including the game-winner with 4.4 seconds left
Woody Payne, Detroit (Sr., G) -- Averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds as the Titans went 1-1 and recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 10 assists against Eastern Michigan
Andy Polka, Loyola (Sr., F) -- Averaged a double-double of 12.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games, highlighted by a career-high 19 points and 11 rebounds at Valparaiso
Vytas Sulskis, Youngstown State (Jr., G) -- Averaged 15 points and 4 rebounds for the Penguins last week, including 18 at UC Riverside in BracketBusters
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