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Morant Named OVC Player of the Week
11/26/2018 3:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Murray State's Ja Morant was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for men's basketball in the week of Nov. 19-25 in voting of the league's sports information directors.
Morant, a sophomore from Dalzell, S.C., turned in the 18th triple-double in OVC history Saturday in a 77-66 victory over Missouri State. Morant was 9-of-18 from the field and hit a career-high six 3-point baskets to go with a career-high 29 points, career-best 13 rebounds and 12 assists in 40 minutes of action.
It's Morant's second career triple-double. He also had one in the 2017-18 season as a freshman when he had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists last December against Eastern Illinois.
Morant currently ranks first nationally in assists/game (10.3) and 14th in scoring (24.3 points/game). Among OVC players he is first in assists, second in scoring, steals (2.3/game) and 3-pointers made/game (2.7), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9), sixth in blocked shots (1.0/game), seventh in free throw percentage (86.7%), eighth in field goal percentage (59.1%), ninth in rebounding (7.0/game) and 12th in 3-point percentage (42.1%).
Murray State game records date back to 1984 and Morant has two of the three triple-doubles since then with the other being Isacc Miles in 2009.
Here is a list of the 18 triple-double performances in the OVC since 1994.
Lorenzo Coleman, Tennessee Tech vs. Oral Roberts (12/21/94) - 18 pts., 11 reb., 10 bl.
Van Usher, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/24/92) - 16 pts., 10 reb., 14 asst.
Bud Eley, Southeast Missouri vs. Morehead State (1/4/99) - 24 pts., 14 reb., 10 blocks
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. Morehead State (2/2/99) - 19 pts., 13 reb., 10 asst.
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. Tennessee State (2/26/00) - 19 pts., 11 reb., 10 asst.
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. UT Martin (2/22/01) - 27 pts., 13 reb., 12 asst.
Brandon Griffin, Southeast Missouri vs. Oakland City (12/13/03) - 12 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst.
Walker Russell, Jacksonville St. vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/28/06) - 21 pts., 11 reb., 11 asst.
Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist (11/13/07) - 25 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst., 10 stl.
Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Southeast Missouri (2/16/08) - 26 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst.
Isacc Miles, Murray State vs. UT Martin (2/24/09) - 13 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Chris Horton, Austin Peay vs. Berea (11/16/14) - 15 pts., 13 reb., 10 blocks
Deville Smith, UT Martin vs. Northwestern State (3/19/15) - 21 pts., 12 reb., 11 asst.
Kedar Edwards, UT Martin vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/17/16) - 15 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Xavier Moon, Morehead State vs. Central Arkansas (12/19/16) - 25 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Fatodd Lewis, UT Martin vs. UC Clermont (12/10/17) - 34 pts., 16 reb., 12 asst.
Ja Morant, Murray State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/28/17) - 11 pts, 10 reb., 14 asst.
Ja Morant, Murray State vs. Missouri State (11/24/18) - 29 pts., 13 reb., 12 asst.
Morant, a sophomore from Dalzell, S.C., turned in the 18th triple-double in OVC history Saturday in a 77-66 victory over Missouri State. Morant was 9-of-18 from the field and hit a career-high six 3-point baskets to go with a career-high 29 points, career-best 13 rebounds and 12 assists in 40 minutes of action.
It's Morant's second career triple-double. He also had one in the 2017-18 season as a freshman when he had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists last December against Eastern Illinois.
Morant currently ranks first nationally in assists/game (10.3) and 14th in scoring (24.3 points/game). Among OVC players he is first in assists, second in scoring, steals (2.3/game) and 3-pointers made/game (2.7), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9), sixth in blocked shots (1.0/game), seventh in free throw percentage (86.7%), eighth in field goal percentage (59.1%), ninth in rebounding (7.0/game) and 12th in 3-point percentage (42.1%).
Murray State game records date back to 1984 and Morant has two of the three triple-doubles since then with the other being Isacc Miles in 2009.
Here is a list of the 18 triple-double performances in the OVC since 1994.
Lorenzo Coleman, Tennessee Tech vs. Oral Roberts (12/21/94) - 18 pts., 11 reb., 10 bl.
Van Usher, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/24/92) - 16 pts., 10 reb., 14 asst.
Bud Eley, Southeast Missouri vs. Morehead State (1/4/99) - 24 pts., 14 reb., 10 blocks
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. Morehead State (2/2/99) - 19 pts., 13 reb., 10 asst.
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. Tennessee State (2/26/00) - 19 pts., 11 reb., 10 asst.
Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay vs. UT Martin (2/22/01) - 27 pts., 13 reb., 12 asst.
Brandon Griffin, Southeast Missouri vs. Oakland City (12/13/03) - 12 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst.
Walker Russell, Jacksonville St. vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/28/06) - 21 pts., 11 reb., 11 asst.
Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist (11/13/07) - 25 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst., 10 stl.
Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Southeast Missouri (2/16/08) - 26 pts., 12 reb., 10 asst.
Isacc Miles, Murray State vs. UT Martin (2/24/09) - 13 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Chris Horton, Austin Peay vs. Berea (11/16/14) - 15 pts., 13 reb., 10 blocks
Deville Smith, UT Martin vs. Northwestern State (3/19/15) - 21 pts., 12 reb., 11 asst.
Kedar Edwards, UT Martin vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/17/16) - 15 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Xavier Moon, Morehead State vs. Central Arkansas (12/19/16) - 25 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst.
Fatodd Lewis, UT Martin vs. UC Clermont (12/10/17) - 34 pts., 16 reb., 12 asst.
Ja Morant, Murray State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/28/17) - 11 pts, 10 reb., 14 asst.
Ja Morant, Murray State vs. Missouri State (11/24/18) - 29 pts., 13 reb., 12 asst.
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