KJ Jones II and Jayvion Rucker of Emmanuel Collect Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – KJ Jones II and Jayvion Rucker of Emmanuel have collected the Conference Carolinas men’s basketball weekly awards.
Jones has been named the Player of the Week for the second straight week, while Rucker earned Defensive Player of the Week plaudits.
A sophomore guard from Atlanta, Jones averaged 23.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in three wins last week for Emmanuel. In Emmanuel’s win over North Greenville on Jan. 26, Jones finished with 23 points, seven assists and five rebounds. He followed that up by just missing out on a double-double with 27 points and eight rebounds to go along with three assists and two steals in Emmanuel’s first game win over Chowan on Jan. 29. In the second game win over Chowan on Saturday, Jan. 30, Jones ended his efforts with 21 points, five assists and three rebounds.
A sophomore guard/forward from Gainesville, Georgia, Rucker collected an impressive 28 defensive rebounds in Emmanuel’s three wins last week. He averaged 10.3 rebounds on the week to go along with 7.7 points per game. Rucker also had two steals and two blocks on the week.
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2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Jan. 11, 2021)
Player of the Week: LJ McCoy, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Week: Nate Davis, Belmont Abbey
Week 2 (Jan. 18, 2021)
Player of the Week: Jaedon Willis, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Andrew Gardner, Lees-McRae
Week 3 (Jan. 25, 2021)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: MJ Foust, King
Week 4 (Feb. 1, 2021)
Player of the Week:
KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Jayvion Rucker, Emmanuel