Almond C-USA Player of the Week
12/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2005
Rice junior guard Morris Almond became the first Rice men's basketball player to be named Player of the Week in the school's new league, Conference USA, for his performance last week.
Morris tied his career-high point tally then set a new personal best this week to earn his first Conference USA Player of the Week honor. The 6-foot-6 junior forward tied his career mark with 21 points in only 19 minutes of action in the Owls 93-54 victory against Palm Beach Atlantic on Thursday. He also snared a career-high eight rebounds in that game.
Almond scored a new career-high with 25 points Saturday against Arkansas. At one point in the first half he scored eight straight points for Rice. Almond leads the Owls and ranks fifth on the Conference USA scoring chart with an average 15.2 points per game in nine games this season.
Rice (4-5) now prepares for Wednesday's game vs. Texas Southern (2-8). Tip-off is set for 7:05 pm in historic Autry Court.
