ST. LOUIS – Southern Illinois basketball’s Kennard Davis Jr. has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, the League office announced Monday afternoon. It is the second weekly award for the Salukis this season.
Davis, a St. Louis native, averaged a team-high 21 points and nine rebounds as the Salukis went 2-0 over the week with wins at Missouri State and at home against Northern Iowa. Davis finished the two-game stretch shooting 57.1 percent (16-28) from the floor, 46.7 percent (7-15) from behind the arc, and 75 percent (3-4) from the charity stripe.
Davis scored a career-high 24 in a win over UNI as he notched his third double-double of the season with a 24-point, 10-rebound performance against the Panthers. The sophomore had 18 points, eight rebounds, and three 3-pointers during a road win at Missouri State.
