Isaiah Canaan Earns Pepsi Athlete Of The Week Honor

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12/2/2009 5:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Murray State's Isaiah Canaan of Biloxi, Miss., was named the Pepsi Athlete of the Week for the period of Nov. 23 through 29.

Earlier in the week he was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week.

Canaan averaged 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game last week as the Racers won at FIU and topped Tennessee Wesleyan at home.

He shot 63 percent (7-of-11) of his field goal attempts and was perfect from 3-point range (3-of-3) and the free throw line (4-of-4) as the Racers improved to 5-1 on the season.

Canaan scored 12 points against TWC and had nine against FIU.