Men's Basketball Release (03-04) - Clarke PoW - Guilford College
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CLARKE WINS WEEKLY ODAC PRIZE
Greensboro, NC (02/09/04) -- Guilford senior Jevon Clarke (Apex, NC/Southeast Raleigh) received the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's (ODAC) Men's Basketball Player of the Week Award for the week ending February 8, the league announced Monday. Clarke becomes Guilford's first recipient of the weekly honor this season.
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6-4 forward, Clarke averaged 16.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the
Quakers' 3-0 week. He shot over 53 percent (17 of 32) from the field,
including 55.6 percent (5 of 9) from three-point range. Clarke also had
seven assists, two blocks and two steals on the week. He posted his team-leading
fourth 20-point contest of the season when he scored a game-best 25 points in
the Quakers' 86-77 home win over league-rival Bridgewater February 7. The
following day Clarke had 17 points and six boards in 19 minutes in
Guilford's 109-67 rout of Eastern Mennonite. He contributed six points, four
rebounds and four assists to the team's 74-71 upset of eighth-ranked
Hampden-Sydney February 4. The win marked the Quakers' first over the Tigers
in 20 games.
Clarke leads Guilford and ranks ninth in the ODAC with a 13.6 points per game scoring average. He starts the week 11 points shy of becoming the 20th Guilford player to score 1,000 career points. Clarke tops the Quakers and ranks sixth in the conference in blocks (19) and also stands among the ODAC's best in free-throw percentage (.718, 11th) and rebounds (5.7, 18th). Guilford is 9-1 when Clarke leads the team in scoring.
Coach Tom Palombo's Quakers (14-8, 10-5 ODAC) have won eight of their last nine games, including three straight. The team is six games over .500 for the first time since 1989, three seasons before it left the NAIA and became an NCAA Division III program. The Quakers start the week third in the ODAC standings with three regular-season road games to play before the league tournament. Guilford visits Washington and Lee Wednesday, February 11 at 7:00 pm.