Youngstown State's Kelvin Bright named Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Week

Jan. 12, 2009

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INDIANAPOLIS --- Youngstown State University junior guard Kelvin Bright has been named Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 11.

A native of Silver Spring, Md., Bright averaged 22.5 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Penguins, scoring 23 points in an 80-70 victory over the University of Illinois at Chicago Thursday and 22 in a 68-57 loss to Loyola University Chicago Saturday.

For the week, Bright was 15-of-33 (.455) from the floor and 12-of-15 (.800) from the free-throw line while also averaging 2.5 assists per game.

Bright ranks third in the League in scoring with 15.3 points per game and leads the Horizon League in conference action with 18.5 points per contest. He has scored in double figures in five of Youngstown State's six League games, including three with 20 or more.

The Penguins (5-10, 2-4 Horizon League) are back on the road this Thursday when they play at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at 8:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. CT.

Comprised of 10 public and private institutions of higher learning, the Horizon League is an NCAA Division I athletics conference that sponsors 19 intercollegiate championships and is headquartered in Indianapolis. The League and its member institutions aspire to teach young people, through athletic competition, the value of learning, service to others and personal responsibility.

Horizon League teams have enjoyed national success in a variety of sports in recent years, most notably in men's basketball, in which its teams have advanced to the Regional semi-finals of the NCAA Championship three times in the past seven seasons.