FRISCO, Texas – Nicholls State University men's basketball guard
Ty Gordon has been named the Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Weekly awards are presented by
GEICO.
Becoming the first student-athlete in league history to win four-straight weekly awards, Gordon extended his 20-point scoring streak to seven games with a career-high 29 points in the Colonels' 104-90 loss at No. 3 Purdue last Wednesday. His career-best nine made three-pointers set a Mackey Arena record and went down as the most made by an opponent against the Boilermakers.
Registering his 10th 20-point outing of the season, Gordon's nine 3-pointers helped the Colonels go toe-to-toe with the nationally-ranked Boilermakers. Along with his 29 points, he added five assists and two rebounds.
Gordon drilled his final 3-point attempt of the first half and the first four from long range in the second period to make him 8 of 11 from behind the arc in the first 29 minutes. He added one more and shot 9 of 15 for the game.
Over his last seven games, Gordon is averaging 25.7 points per game on 49.2 percent shooting and six 3-pointers per game at a 49.4 percent clip.
This marks Gordon's fifth weekly award of the season and the seventh of his career, both matching the conference record.
UP NEXT
Nicholls (8-6) opens play in the Southland Tip-Off Event against UIW at 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday from the Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.
