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Isaiah Canaan Named OVC Player Of The Week
11/28/2011 5:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Murray State junior Isaiah Canaan was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week in voting conducted by the league's sports information directors.
Canaan had an amazing week at the Great Alaska Shootout where he helped the Racers take the championship with wins over Alaska-Anchorage, San Francisco and Southern Mississippi.
The championship over USM on Saturday was a 90-81 win in double-overtime.
Canaan scored a career-high 36 points for MSU in the title game on 11-of-22 from the field (6-of-11 from three-point range) and 8-of-8 from the free throw line. His 36 points ranks 17th all-time at Murray State and 10th in the 34 years of basketball in the Great Alaska Shootout.
For the week, Canaan averaged 25.3 points per game for the Racers and 5.7 rebounds. He shot 55 percent from the field (25-of-45), 54 percent three-point shooting (12-of-22) and 87 percent from the free throw line (14-of-16).
Canaan has helped the Racers to a 7-0 start to the 2011-12 season by scoring 20.6 points per game, first in the OVC and 22nd among NCAA D-I players.
Canaan had an amazing week at the Great Alaska Shootout where he helped the Racers take the championship with wins over Alaska-Anchorage, San Francisco and Southern Mississippi.
The championship over USM on Saturday was a 90-81 win in double-overtime.
Canaan scored a career-high 36 points for MSU in the title game on 11-of-22 from the field (6-of-11 from three-point range) and 8-of-8 from the free throw line. His 36 points ranks 17th all-time at Murray State and 10th in the 34 years of basketball in the Great Alaska Shootout.
For the week, Canaan averaged 25.3 points per game for the Racers and 5.7 rebounds. He shot 55 percent from the field (25-of-45), 54 percent three-point shooting (12-of-22) and 87 percent from the free throw line (14-of-16).
Canaan has helped the Racers to a 7-0 start to the 2011-12 season by scoring 20.6 points per game, first in the OVC and 22nd among NCAA D-I players.
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