Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Dawn and Kyle - CAA POW Awards

Dawn Evans, after two great home performances last week, was named the CAA Player of the Week. The nation’s leading scorer averaged 26.5 points per game last week on 51.4 percent shooting from the floor (18-of-35). Dawn also dished out 10 assists and added one block and two steals on the week. She was a perfect 11-of-11 for FTs in the games against William & Mary and Northeastern. This is Evan’s fifth weekly award this season...that's right...fifth. It was also Dawn’s seventh season and eighth career 30-point game, adding to her school records in both categories. This girl is incredible.

After months of Kyle not being able to find his shot, he started heating back up at the GSU game, providing the spark to carry us through a big road win and a huge home win against a big-time opponent. This led to him being named the CAA Co-Player of the Week this past week. Swanston averaged 21.0 points and drained 12-of-23 from 3-point range in leading James Madison to a pair of victories. The senior forward hit seven threes and tied a career-high with 23 points at Georgia State and nailed five threes and netted a team-high 19 points as the Dukes topped George Mason for the first time since 2004. For the year, Swanston leads the CAA with 67 three-pointers - that's with hitting very few in the month of January. Kyle could be the key to us making a run here at the end of the season. If we can keep our defense up, get Juwann and Andrey healthy, and keep Kyle hot, JMU could surprise some people in the CAA tournament.

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