KJ Jones II of Emmanuel and Kenny Turner of King Pick Up Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – KJ Jones II of Emmanuel and Kenny Turner of King have collected the weekly men’s basketball honors for Conference Carolinas for the week ending Nov. 27, 2022.
Jones claims his second Player of the Week honor of the young 2022-23 season, while Turner was named Defensive Player of the Week for the first time this season.
Jones stuffed the stat sheet in Emmanuel’s league-opening 90-65 victory over Lees-McRae on Tuesday, Nov. 22, finishing with 24 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and one steal. In just missing on the triple-double, Jones finished the day shooting 47 percent (8-of-17) from the field. He was a perfect 6-of-6 at the charity stripe. Jones currently leads Conference Carolinas in scoring with 24.2 points per game. He is fourth in the league in rebounds per game at 7.6 and third in the conference in assists per game at 4.2. The 6-foot-6 guard from Atlanta is also in the top three in the conference in steals at 2.2 per game.
A sophomore forward from Coral Springs, Florida, Turner averaged 3.0 blocks and 1.5 steals per game in King’s two games last week. He also averaged a double-double on the week with 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. In King’s 92-88 overtime conference win over Erskine on Tuesday, Nov. 22, Turner finished with 17 points, 14 rebounds, three blocks, two assists and one steal. Turner followed that up with 12 points, seven rebounds, three blocks, two steals and an assist in King’s game at Lander on Sunday, Nov. 27.
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2022-23 Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Nov. 14, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Bosko Bojovic, Converse
Week 2 (Nov. 21, 2022)
Player of the Week: Marcus Boykin, Barton
Defensive Player of the Week: Mason Taylor, Belmont Abbey
Week 3 (Nov. 28, 2022)
Player of the Week: KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Kenny Turner, King