Monday, December 14, 2009

MACON, Ga. – FGCU’s Reggie Chambers delivered a perfect shooting night in the Atlantic Sun Game of the Week to win the second Player of the Week award of his career, the conference office announced on Monday.

The sophomore guard shot a perfect 6-for-6 from the field as he finished with 16 points aiding the Eagles to an 81-64 victory against FIU last week. Chambers sparked the Eagles offense as he scored 14 of his 16 points in the first seven minutes of the game. He drilled four 3-pointers, the last of which he banked, as FGCU opened up a 33-17 first-half lead. The communications major from Miramar, Fla. also dished out a career-high seven assists against the Golden Panthers.

Chambers became the seventh player in the nation, and second player in the conference, this season to register a perfect shooting night from the field while making at least four 3-point field goals joining Kennesaw State’s Kelvin McConnell. When factoring in his seven assists, no player in the nation has combined the shooting performance with the number of assists in a game this season.

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Other Top Performers
Ian Clark, Belmont (Fr. - Guard - Memphis, Tenn. - Undeclared) Clark scored a game-high 20 points on 6-for-9 shooting as Belmont won its sixth consecutive game, at Middle Tennessee Dec. 8, 83-71. The Memphis, Tenn. native has five double-figure scoring games this season and ranks among the Atlantic Sun Conference leaders in six offensive categories.

Adnan Hodzic, Lipscomb (Jr. - Forward - Sarajevo, Bosnia - Management) – Hodzic paced the Bisons in home wins against SIU Edwardsville and Oakland City – he averaged 22.5 points and seven rebounds while shooting 57.1 percent from the field for the week. Against SIU Edwardsville, he scored 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting and had seven rebounds and tied his career mark with two blocks. On Saturday Hodzic led all scorers with 25 points in 22 minutes. Hodzic extended his streak of scoring in double figures to 36 games, the longest streak in the nation.

E.J. Kusnyer, Mercer (Sr. - Guard – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Business) – Set career high in points (26) and three-pointers made (eight). Tied the University Center record with eight three-pointers made -His 8-of-10 from three point range set a new UC 3-point field goal shooting at 80 percent. Kusnyer scored 26 points all without attempting a single shot from two-point range. That ties New Mexico's Roman Martinez for most points in a game this season without attempting a two.

Jonathan Rodriguez, Campbell (Sr. - Forward – Bayamon, P. R. – Sport Management) – Posted back-to-back double-doubles to break the A-Sun career record in the process and lead the Camels to their best start (5-2) ever in the school's Division I era (since 1977-78). He averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in a win against Southern Virginia. (22 pts and 10 rebs), plus a tight road loss (18 and 10) to Western Carolina.