Hill namerd OVC Player of the Week

As one of the most improved players in all of NCAA D-I men's basketball, Murray State guard Justice Hill continued his rise by earning his first Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week Award for the period of Jan. 10-16. The weekly award comes from a vote of the athletics communications directors in the OVC.
 
Hill, out of Little Rock, Arkansas, helped the Racers win 82-60 at Belmont on Saturday when he posted a career-high 36 points on 10-of-19 shooting from field including 8-of-11 from the 3-point line. When he added 8-of-11 from the free throw line, it marked the highest scoring game in the 2021-22 OVC season. Hill's first half at Belmont was amazing as he hit 6-of-6 from the 3-point line and had 25 points. With 10:39 left in the game, he became just the seventh Racer to hit eight or more threes in a game.
 
With MSU wins over Tennessee State and Belmont, Hill averaged 21 points for the week on 13-of-31 shooting from the field for 42 percent and 8-of-16 from the 3-point line for 50 percent. He was 8-of-11 from the free throw line for 73 percent. Hill also dished out 10 assists.
 
The Racers continue their busy two weeks with eight games in 16 days Monday (Jan. 17). The Racers take on the Eastern Illinois Panthers on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day in a 3:30 p.m. tip at Lantz Arena in Charleston, Ill.

Photo Courtesy of Dave Winder.