St. Francis Brooklyn's Jalen Cannon
Brooklyn Heights, NY -- St. Francis Brooklyn's Jalen Cannon earns Lou Henson award national player of the week honors.
The 6-foot-6 senior helped the Terriers to a pair of wins and sole possession of first place in the Northeast Conference. Last Thursday Cannon had 35 points and 13 rebounds at Central Connecticut. Two days later he finished with 29 points and 11 rebounds on the road at Wagner.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball.
The award is named in honor of Lou Henson who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
WEEKLY HONORS
Week 13 (Feb. 9) Jalen Cannon (St. Francis Brooklyn)
Week 12 (Feb. 2) Ty Greene (USC Upstate) and Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa)
Week 11 (Jan. 26) Saah Nimley
Week 10 (Jan. 19) Kendall Gray (Delaware State)
Week 9 (Jan. 12) Keifer Sykes (Green Bay)
Week 8 (Jan. 5) Shannon Evans (Buffalo)
Week 7 (Dec. 29) Mike Myers (Maryland Eastern Shore)
Week 6 (Dec. 22) Chris Thomas (Texas Southern)
Week 5 (Dec. 15) Cameron Payne (Murray State)
Week 4 (Dec. 8) Damon Lynn (NJIT)
Week 3 (Dec. 1) Craig Bradshaw (Belmont)
Week 2 (Nov. 24) A.J. English (Iona)
Week 1 (Nov. 17) Kyle Wilson (Army)