Ace Hunt
GoSycamores.com
ST. LOUIS -- Indiana State senior guard Devonte Brown has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player Of The Week following his efforts this week against Southern Illinois and Evansville. It marks the second career honor for Brown who took the award once last season.
Brown had an impressive week for the Sycamores as he scored 26 points at Southern Illinois and then posted 24 more in the win over Evansville. He averaged 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds and hit 14-of-27 shots from the field (51.9 percent). He added a 3-of-5 from bonus distance with six assists.
He opened the week by going 7-of-14 from the field (50 percent) and hit 12 free throws as he scored 26 points and tallied six rebounds at MVC second place Southern Illinois.
Brown came back with 24 more points in the home win over Evansville as he hit 53.8 percent of his shots and was 3-of-4 from long distance to go with five rebounds and six assists. He scored the final nine points of the first half as the Sycamores used a 15-2 run over the final four and a half minutes to turn a one-point lead into a 45-31 halftime advantage over the Purple Aces.
He scored the Sycamores' first points of the second half to make it 11 points in a row and his 3-pointer with 9:22 on the clock opened up a 63-48 lead to answer a 7-0 Evansville run. Brown now has 999 career points scored and is just one shy of becoming the 37th member of the Indiana State Basketball 1,000 Point Club.
Indiana State returns to action on Wednesday, January 27 when they host Missouri State inside Hulman Center. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. (ET).
