Hewitt Named SoCon November Player of the Month
12/5/2013 3:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Redshirt Junior led the league with 24.5 ppg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Georgia Southern guard Jelani Hewitt was picked today as the Southern Conference Player of the Month for November after leading the league in scoring for the opening month of the season. A native of Miramar, Fla., Hewitt scored over 20 points in six of GSU's eight games in November.
Highlighted by a career-high 38 points in the final game of the month, Hewitt was named SoCon Player of the Week twice to open the year. In that game against Campbell, Hewitt also had 11 rebounds for the first double-double of his career.
Hewitt began his month with 25 points in a season-opening win over Columbia International and backed that up with 27 in a one-point loss at Miami. Hewitt also scored 23 points in games against Toccoa Falls and Old Dominion and had 26 in a win over Presbyterian. He shot 44.1 percent (63-for-143) from the floor and 33.3 percent (22-for-66) from 3-point range in the month, making at least one 3 in each game.
Next up for Georgia Southern is a December 7th contest against South Carolina State. The Eagles face the Bulldogs starting at 6 p.m.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
Highlighted by a career-high 38 points in the final game of the month, Hewitt was named SoCon Player of the Week twice to open the year. In that game against Campbell, Hewitt also had 11 rebounds for the first double-double of his career.
Hewitt began his month with 25 points in a season-opening win over Columbia International and backed that up with 27 in a one-point loss at Miami. Hewitt also scored 23 points in games against Toccoa Falls and Old Dominion and had 26 in a win over Presbyterian. He shot 44.1 percent (63-for-143) from the floor and 33.3 percent (22-for-66) from 3-point range in the month, making at least one 3 in each game.
Next up for Georgia Southern is a December 7th contest against South Carolina State. The Eagles face the Bulldogs starting at 6 p.m.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
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