Army West Point Athletics
Ferguson Collects Player of the Week Honors
February 22, 2016 | Men's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point men's basketball senior center Kevin Ferguson has been honored with a number of awards after leading the Black Knights to wins over Navy and Holy Cross this past week.
Ferguson was named Co-Player of the Week by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Week, ECAC Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Army Athletic Association Co-Athlete of the Week as well as the American Sports Network Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
Ferguson started the week with a career-high 25 points on a 12-of-16 shooting performance and pulled down 13 rebounds in a 72-68 victory against Holy Cross on Wednesday, before totaling 22 points and a career-best 19 rebounds in an 80-78 double-overtime victory at Navy. One of Ferguson's seven offensive boards came before he scored on a putback with 0.7 seconds left to lift the Black Knights to the win.
For the week, Ferguson made 20-of-30 shots (66.7%) and averaged 23.5 points and 16.0 rebounds per contest. Ferguson has 14 double-doubles and 18 double-digit rebounding games in his career, and also has four straight and eight-career outings of 20 points or more. He now has six double-doubles in a row as Army has gone 5-1 since he returned to the starting lineup on February 3 at Lafayette.
The Berkeley Heights, N.J., native leads the Patriot League this season in double-doubles (10), field-goal percentage (62.5%) and rebounds per game (9.5), which stands 33rd in the nation.
Overall, Ferguson is at the top of the Patriot League leaderboard in field-goal percentage at 63.0 percent for his career. Ferguson also stands fifth in League history in blocked shots (193) and 17th in rebounds (675).
The honor is the second-career Lids Team Sports Patriot League Player of the Week award for Ferguson.
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Ferguson was named Co-Player of the Week by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Week, ECAC Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week, Army Athletic Association Co-Athlete of the Week as well as the American Sports Network Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
Ferguson started the week with a career-high 25 points on a 12-of-16 shooting performance and pulled down 13 rebounds in a 72-68 victory against Holy Cross on Wednesday, before totaling 22 points and a career-best 19 rebounds in an 80-78 double-overtime victory at Navy. One of Ferguson's seven offensive boards came before he scored on a putback with 0.7 seconds left to lift the Black Knights to the win.
For the week, Ferguson made 20-of-30 shots (66.7%) and averaged 23.5 points and 16.0 rebounds per contest. Ferguson has 14 double-doubles and 18 double-digit rebounding games in his career, and also has four straight and eight-career outings of 20 points or more. He now has six double-doubles in a row as Army has gone 5-1 since he returned to the starting lineup on February 3 at Lafayette.
The Berkeley Heights, N.J., native leads the Patriot League this season in double-doubles (10), field-goal percentage (62.5%) and rebounds per game (9.5), which stands 33rd in the nation.
Overall, Ferguson is at the top of the Patriot League leaderboard in field-goal percentage at 63.0 percent for his career. Ferguson also stands fifth in League history in blocked shots (193) and 17th in rebounds (675).
The honor is the second-career Lids Team Sports Patriot League Player of the Week award for Ferguson.
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