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MSU's Ja Morant Named OVC Player of the Week

MSU's Ja Morant Named OVC Player of the Week
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By MSU Athletics
Jan. 14, 2019 | MURRAY
By MSU Athletics Jan. 14, 2019 | 06:52 PM | MURRAY
Murray State's Ja Morant has racked up more weekly honors. Morant was voted the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball Player of the Week Monday for the fifth time this season for the week of Jan. 7-13.

The sophomore from Dalzell, S.C. was a unanimous selection in a vote by the league's sports information directors.

He started the week with a monster game at UT Martin (Jan. 10) with 26 points and 18 assists. Morant's game set the MSU single-game assist record as he surpassed the 1997 mark of 16 assists by MSU's Chad Townsend (vs Eastern Illinois) Morant was just two off the OVC assist record of 20 by Middle Tennessee's James Johnson in 1986 (Vs Freed-Hardeman).

After a 17 point/14 assist game at Southeast Missouri (Jan. 12), Morant averaged 21.5 points per game and 16 assists for the week. Morant is the No. 1 player in the nation in assist rate at 56.4 percent.

With a fifth weekly honor, Morant ties Cameron Payne (2013-15), Isaac Spencer (1997-01), Lamont Sleets 1979-84 and Glen Green (1979-83) for sixth place all-time in total OVC Player of the Week awards. Isaiah Canaan (2009-13) and Marcus Brown (1992-96) each set the bar for the Racers with 10 career honors each. Popeye Jones (1988-92) and Jeff Martin (1986-89) each had seven and Frank Allen (1989-93) was honored six times.

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