Hannah is the first Missouri player to
garner newcomer recognition. The junior
guard has scored in double-digits in 25 of
29 games this season, including 20 points or
more seven times. He is second in the Big 12
with 71 steals, while his 2.45 average ranks
17th in the nation. Hannah is the second
Mizzou player to earn a major Big 12 award
following Kareem Rush (Co-Rookie of the
Year) in 1999-2000.
Nesbit Named NEC
All-Conference
Junior forward Chinata Nesbit
(Washington, D.C. / Chipola J.C.) was voted
all-conference by the coaches of the
Northeast Conference, Thursday afternoon.
Nesbit was picked 2007 NEC First Team
All-Conference, she led the conference by
averaging 10.5 rebounds per game and ranked
third in the conference in scoring with 18.5
points per game. She also ranked first in
offensive rebounds (4.75), fourth in
defensive rebounds (5.75), fifth in blocked
shots (1.14 bpg), seventh in assists (3.50
apg) and 10th in field goal percentage
(47.9%).
Nesbit Grabs Her Third NEC
Player of the Week Honor
Junior forward Chinata Nesbit
(Washington, D.C. / Chipola J.C.)
of the Robert
Morris University women’s
basketball team was named Choice
Hotels Northeast Conference women’s
basketball Player of the Week for
the third time this season.
In three games last week Nesbit
averaged 19.7 points, 11.7 rebounds,
6.3 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.3
steals per game. She leads the NEC
in rebounding with 10.3 rpg and
offensive rebounds with 4.63 per
game. She also ranks third in
scoring (18.1 ppg), fifth in blocks
(1.15 bpg), defensive rebounds (5.63
per game), seventh in assists (3.52
apg) and 11th in field goal
percentage (47.6%).
Released:
2/26/2007
Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Weekly
Honors (Feb. 12)
2/12/07
Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State, F, Sr.,
6-7, 235, Durham, N.C./Chipola College
Boggan averaged 27.5 points and 12.5
rebounds as Oklahoma State split two games
last week. The senior forward started with
20 points and 11 boards in a 67-60 loss at
Oklahoma. He followed with his fourth
30-point effort of the season, finishing
with 35 points and 14 rebounds in a 93-91
double-overtime win over Texas Tech. He was
11-of-18 in the game, including a
conventional 3-point play with 4.1 seconds
remaining for the win. He shot 57.1 percent
(20-of-35) from the floor in two games,
while hitting 12-of-16 (.750) from the free
throw line.
Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Weekly
Honors (Jan. 29)
1/29/07
Rookie
of the Week - Stefhon Hannah, Missouri,
G, Jr., 6-1, 175, Chicago, Ill./Hyde
Park/Chipola College. Hannah led Missouri to
back-to-back victories as the Tigers won at
Colorado (79-65) and versus Texas Tech
(71-58). The junior scored a team-leading
14.5 points per game with a 4.5 assist
average. He posted 14 points against the
Buffaloes, with three rebounds, five assists
and one steal. He followed with 15 points on
6-of-12 shooting versus the Red Raiders,
with a career-high tying six rebounds.
Hannah is the first Mizzou player in Big 12
history to win rookie honors three times in
one season. He leads the Big 12 in overall
steals average (3.11) and is 11th in scoring
with 15.3 points per game.
Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Weekly
Honors(Jan. 22)
1/22/2007
Player
of the Week - Mario Boggan, Oklahoma
State, F, Sr., 6-7, 245, Durham,
N.C./Chipola College. Boggan averaged
24 points and 14 rebounds against two top 25
squads last week as the Cowboys posted a 1-1
record. The senior forward had career-highs
in points (37) and rebounds (20) in OSU's
105-103 triple-overtime victory over No. 21
Texas. He was the first player in Big 12
history to have 30 points and 20 rebounds in
the same game. He followed with 11 points
and eight boards as the Cowboys' dropped a
67-49 decision at No. 8 Texas A&M. For the
week, he also had five blocks, four assists
and two steals, while shooting 84.2 percent
(16-of-19) from the free throw line.
Boggan, No. 12 Cowboys fend
off Longhorns in triple overtime
Jan. 17,
2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
Mario
Boggan hits the game-winning shot for the
Cowboys, who hold off the Longhorns after
3OTs. (AP)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Mario Boggan turned to
Texas phenom Kevin Durant in the third
overtime, smiled and told him, "Let's go,
Showtime."
The fantastic finish that followed will go
down in Oklahoma State history.
Boggan set career highs with 37 points and
20 rebounds and hit the game-winning
3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left in the third
overtime to lift the 12th-ranked Cowboys to
a 105-103 victory over No. 21 Texas on
Tuesday night.
"When it left my hand, I knew it was going
to go in. It felt like it was going in,"
said Boggan, a senior forward who is
6-for-37 from 3-point range this season.
"Not to be just saying that, it actually
felt good coming off my hand."
Durant, the Big 12's leading scorer and
rebounder, put Texas on top with a
three-point play with 10.5 seconds left, but
there was still time for Boggan.
He took the ensuing inbounds pass near
midcourt and fought through defenders to
launch a 3 from the left wing. He fell to
the floor and was joined by celebrating
teammates after Texas' A.J. Abrams was
called for traveling with 0.2 seconds left
to clinch the win for the Cowboys.
"Mario's performance was, I thought, the
best I've ever seen," Oklahoma State coach
Sean Sutton said.
JamesOn Curry added 28 points and nine
rebounds, Terrel Harris scored 16 points and
Byron Eaton had 11 for Oklahoma State (16-2,
2-1 Big 12), which also won a
double-overtime game against Pittsburgh
earlier this season. Before Tuesday's win,
Oklahoma State had lost its last seven games
when a buzzer-beater was involved.
"This is our year, man," Boggan said. "Last
year, it was the other way. This year, it's
this way. But we work hard for it."
Durant, a freshman, tied his career best
with 37 points and had 12 rebounds for the
Longhorns (13-4, 3-1). D.J. Augustin added
19 points, Justin Mason had 18, Abrams 13
and Damion James had 10 points and 11
rebounds.
Oklahoma State scored the first five points
of the third overtime but Texas tied the
game at 100 on Connor Atchley's 3-pointer
from the left corner.
Curry followed with two free throws to make
it 102-100 and the teams both had empty
possessions before Texas got the ball with
18 seconds to play.
Abrams drove the lane, and Durant was able
to grab his missed runner and put it back
while getting fouled by David Monds. He
stepped to the line and drilled his free
throw to give Texas the short-lived lead.
Fans rushed the court after the game finally
ended -- a rare sight at Gallagher-Iba
Arena, where the Cowboys rarely lose.
"I don't know if I'll ever be involved in
another one like that," Texas coach Rick
Barnes said. "We got down and kept digging
ourselves a hole, but we worked our way back
in it and they had the ball at the last and
they made the last play.
"I guess it's kind of what you thought the
game was going to end like."
What was the difference?
"It's toughness, man. It's all about loving
the game," Boggan said. "That's all it is,
wanting your team to win, being
competitive."
By the end, Oklahoma State had lost two
starters to foul trouble and had another
player, Kenny Cooper, sidelined by a stomach
virus. That left walk-on Tyler Hatch playing
throughout the overtimes.
"In this building, I always believe that we
can do anything," Sutton said.
Even Sutton was ailing. He slipped and fell
on the ice a night earlier, and had to be
held up by assistants during a timeout late
in regulation.
"Towards the end, it felt like there was a
knife stuck in my back. I don't think I was
going to pass out," Sutton said. "The pain
was pretty bad, but I'm doing better now."
Texas kept staying alive largely because of
Durant.
He helped lead the Longhorns back from a
five-point deficit in the final minute of
regulation, scored seven points in the first
overtime and made two crucial defensive
plays and a fast-break dunk to force the
third extra period.
"Every time we scored, Durant would come
back and make a play," Boggan said.
Sutton called Durant's performance the best
he'd ever seen by an opposing player at
Gallagher-Iba.
"He's an unreal talent," Sutton said.
Texas hadn't played a double-overtime game
since 1995, and hadn't played three extra
periods since it lost 95-94 to TCU in four
overtimes on Jan. 7, 1961, in the longest
game in Southwest Conference history.
Oklahoma State hadn't played more than two
overtimes since winning 96-91 at Colorado on
Feb. 5, 1983.
This time, it all came down to Boggan.
"On a shot like that, who knows what way it
would have went? If I wouldn't have knocked
the shot down, they would have won," Boggan
said. "It still would have been a
hard-fought game both ways, but luckily it
went our way tonight and I feel much
better."
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Taylor
Honored by Big 12 Second
Time
Courtesy:
Iowa State University
Release: 01/15/2007
Courtesy: Iowa State
University Mike
Taylor ranks 16th on
ISU's single-season
3-pointers made list
with 48.
IRVING,
Texas- Iowa State junior guard Mike Taylor
won his second Big 12 honor of the season,
earning Big 12 Rookie of the Week kudos for
games played from Jan. 8-14, announced today
by the Big 12 Office. Taylor won his first
rookie of the week honor on Nov. 27.
Taylor
averaged 21.5 points as Iowa State split two
games last week. The Milwaukee, Wis., native
poured in 22 points behind a 6-for-10 effort
from 3-point range as the Cyclones defeated
Nebraska, 71-62. He followed with 21 points
against No. 6 Kansas (68-64 overtime loss).
He connected on 10 shots from 3-point range
in the two games, with nine assists and
three steals. He also had eight rebounds for
the week. The two scoring outputs were his
fifth and sixth 20-point games of the
season.
Taylor
currently ranks seventh in the Big 12 in
scoring at 16.7 ppg and is second in the
conference in 3-pointers made per game at
2.82. Taylor has hit 48 treys on the season
to rank 16th on ISU's single-season
3-pointers made chart.
Nesbit Grabs Second Choice Hotels
NEC Player of the Week Honor
Junior forward
Chenata Nesbit (Washington,
D.C. / Chipola J.C.) of the
Robert Morris University
women's basketball team garnered her second weekly
honor of the 2006-07 season Tuesday when she was
named the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference
Player of the Week. Nesbit also took home league
player of the week accolades Nov. 13, 2006.
Nesbit
was honored after leading the Colonials to a 3-1
record over the holiday season, posting four
consecutive double-doubles and averaging 23.8 points
and 10.8 rebounds over that span. The NEC leader in
scoring (18.8 ppg) while ranking second in the
circuit in rebounding (10.5 rpg), Nesbit scored 15
points while grabbing 11 boards as RMU cruised to an
84-54 win at Youngstown State Dec. 18, 2006. She
followed that performance with a career high 29
points in a 79-70 win over Mid-American Conference
foe Ohio at the Charles L. Sewall Center Dec. 21,
2006, scoring 20 points in the second half while
also tallying four blocks.
In a 92-62 win at Longwood Dec. 28, 2006, Nesbit
again paced Robert Morris, finishing with 26 points
and 11 rebounds while registering four assists in
the win. To wrap up the holiday season Nesbit helped
the Colonials hang with another nationally ranked
team, tallying 25 points and 10 rebounds while
hitting four of her five shots from beyond the arc
in a 92-81 defeat at No. 25 Bowling Green.
In 11 games so far this season Nesbit has
converted 52.5 percent (74-for-141) of her shots
from the field and has been consistent on the glass,
posting 51 offensive rebounds to go along with her
64 defensive boards. She also leads the club in
blocks (13) while ranking second on the club in
steals (19).
Robert Morris, with an overall record of 7-4,
returns to Northeast Conference action Saturday,
Jan. 6, when it welcomes Central Connecticut State
to the Charles L. Sewall Center for a 4:30 p.m.
contest. The Colonials opened their league schedule
with a 78-47 win at Wagner Dec. 9, 2006, and will
also host Quinnipiac as part of their two-game
homestand Monday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Boggan Garners Big 12
Player of the Week Award
Courtesy: okstate.com
Release: 12/26/2006
Courtesy: Associated Press Senior Mario Boggan was
named the Big 12 Player of the Week for
the second time this season.
Dallas, Texas - For the third time in four weeks, an
Oklahoma State Cowboy has been named the Big 12 Conference’s
men’s basketball player of the week, it was announced today
by the league office.
Mario Boggan, a senior forward for OSU, was named the
conference’s player of the week for the second time this
season for the period ending Dec. 24. In two games at
Tennessee and against Pittsburgh, the Durham, N.C., native
averaged 25 points and 7.5 rebounds.
He scored a career-high 30 points with a key basket in
the final minute of a 95-89 double-overtime victory vs.
seventh-ranked Pittsburgh. He also had nine rebounds, two
assists and a steal against the Panthers. Earlier in the
week, he had 20 points and six rebounds as OSU dropped a
79-77 decision at Tennessee.
Boggan shot 51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the floor in the
two games and was 16-of-19 (84.2 percent) from the
free-throw line.
JamesOn Curry won the Big 12 Player of the Week accolade
for the period ending Dec. 4, giving the Cowboys three of
the last four awards.
Boggan
Garners Big 12 Player of the Week Honors
Courtesy: okstate.com
Release: 12/11/2006
Courtesy: George Bulard, Genesee Photo Systems
Dallas, Texas - For the second week in a row, an Oklahoma
State Cowboy was named the Big 12 Conference's Player of the Week.
Mario Boggan, a senior forward for the Cowboys, garnered the
accolade one week following JamesOn Curry's award.
Boggan averaged 22.5 points and seven rebounds in two wins last
week. He scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Cowboys
defeated No. 21 Syracuse in the Jimmy V Classic.
Against Ball State in the San Diego SLAM, he scored 24 points and
grabbed six boards. He was named Most Valuable Player of the SLAM.
For the week, Boggan shot 67.9 percent from the floor, connecting
on 19-of-28 shots. He was 5-of-7 from the free-throw line and 2-of-7
from beyond the thee-point arc.
Boggan also had four steals, two assists, a blocked shot and just
two turnovers in 72 minutes of play.
He earns a league weekly honor for the third time after garnering
rookie accolades on two occasions a year ago.
Mizzou's Stefhon Hannah Named
Big 12 Rookie of the Week, Again
Courtesy: University of Missouri
Hannah earns second
consecutive honor, leads Mizzou to wins over
Arkansas, Evansville
Dec. 4, 2006
Dallas, Texas - For the second
consecutive week, the University of
Missouri's
Stefhon Hannah (Chicago, Ill. / Hyde
Park HS / Chipola CC) has been named the Big
12 Conference's Rookie of the Week after
averaging 15.5 points, 5.5 assists, 4.5
steals and 4.5 rebounds in wins over
Arkansas and Evansville.
A 6-foot, 175-pound junior from Chicago,
Ill., Hannah opened the week with a career
high 21-point effort in an 86-64 win over
Arkansas on ESPN2. The former Chipola
Community College standout added six steals
and six assists in the win to help Mizzou
snap an eight-game skid to the Razorbacks.
Hannah concluded the week with 10 points
and a career high six rebounds against
Evansville to help the Tigers to a 73-54
victory. Hannah also added a game high five
assists and three steals to lead Mizzou to
its first 9-0 start since the 2001-02
campaign.
Hannah is the first Tiger to win
back-to-back Rookie of the Week honors since
Keyon Dooling in 1998-99 and is the
first Mizzou standout to win multiple Rookie
of the Week accolades since
Linas Kleiza in 2003-04.
Mike Taylor Named Big
12 Co-Rookie of the Week
Courtesy: Iowa State
University
Release: 11/27/2006
Courtesy: Iowa
State University
Taylor made nine
consecutive
treys in a pair
of wins last
week.
IRVING,
TEXAS - Iowa State junior guard Mike
Taylor was named Phillips 66 Big 12
Conference Co-Rookie of the Week for
games of Nov. 20-27 in voting by a
panel of media covering the
conference. He shared the award
with Missouri's Stefhon Hannah.
Taylor, a native of Milwaukee, Wis.,
averaged 27.5 points, 3.0 rebounds
and 6.0 assists in leading the
Cyclones to two wins. The junior
had a career-best 33 points in a
68-63 tally at Minnesota, followed
by 22 points in a 90-61 victory over
Lake Superior State. He connected
on 12-of-22 (.545) shots from
3-point range and hit at a 48.7
percent clip from the floor
overall. Against the Golden
Gophers, Taylor scored 20 points in
the final 10 minutes to help ISU
secure the win. He made six
straight 3-pointers versus Lake
Superior State, giving him nine in a
row dating back to the second half
of the Minnesota contest.
It is the first such award for a
Cyclone men's basketball player
this season.
Taylor's 33 Points
Help Knock off
Gophers
Courtesy:
Iowa
State
University
Release:
11/21/2006
Courtesy: Iowa State University Mike Taylor lit up the Gophers defense, scoring 25 points in the second half.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn -
Junior Mike Taylor
scored 25 of his 33
points in the second
half, fueling Iowa
State (5-0) at its
first road game of
the season to a
68-63
come-from-behind
victory over
Minnesota (2-1) at
Williams Arena on
Tuesday. Taylor was
virtually
unstoppable in the
second half as the
Milwaukee, Wisc.,
native connected on
9-of-14 shots,
including 6-of-9
from behind the arc.
Iowa State overcame
a 10-point second
half deficit and
went on a 12-0 run
inside four minutes
to beat the Gophers
for the
fourth-straight time
in the series.
Taylor made an
off-balance layup
and then fed Jessan
Gray for a 3-pointer
on the ensuing
possession to tie
the game at 58-58
with just under
three minutes
remaining in the
game. After an ISU
defensive stand,
Taylor hit another
three at the other
end to put Iowa
State ahead for
good. He then dished
out one of his five
assists to Gray,
putting the Cyclones
up five. Iowa State
sealed the game with
five clutch free
throws down the
stretch.
Junior Rahshon Clark
also stepped up big
for ISU, playing all
40 minutes for just
the second time in
his career, notching
his fifth career
double-double,
scoring 12 points
and added 11 boards.
The Cyclones jumped
out to an early 13-5
first-half lead,
with baskets from
all five starters,
but saw it drift
away to the Golden
Gophers late in the
first half.
Minnesota, led by
Spencer Tollackson,
held the Cyclones to
two points in the
last six minutes of
the first half. The
Gophers went on a
12-2 run to end the
half, taking a 28-25
lead to the
lockerroom.
Iowa State had a
season-low 11
turnovers and shot
45 percent from the
floor (26-of-58),
while the Gophers
finished the night
shooting 23-of-59.
Taylor became the
first player to
score 30-plus points
since Curtis Stinson
put up 35 against
Mountain State in
the 2005 season
opener. His six
threes were the most
by a Cyclone since
Jake Sullivan hit
seven vs. Nebraska
on Jan. 4, 2004.
Taylor finished the
game shooting
13-of-27 from the
field, including
6-of-13 from 3-point
land, coupled with
five assists and
three rebounds.
Nesbit Tabbed
Northeast Conference Women’s
Basketball Player of the
Week
Junior
forward
Chinata Nesbit (Washington,
D.C. / Chipola J.C.)
of the
Robert Morris University
women’s basketball team was
named Choice Hotels
Northeast Conference women’s
basketball Player of the
Week for the week of Nov.
13, 2006.
In the Colonials only
game of the week, Nesbit
helped lead RMU to a 90-89
victory over Miami
University, of the
Mid-American Conference,
Sunday, Nov. 12. Nesbit made
the most of getting the
starting nod by head coach
Sal
Buscaglia in her
first game as a Colonial, by
tallying 21 points along
with three assists. Nesbit
also fell one rebound short
of a double-double by
totaling a team high nine
rebounds and four steals.
For the game Nesbit shot
9-13 from the field along
with 3-6 from the charity
stripe.
