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Kinsey Earns Third SBC Player of the Week Award of the Season
Marshall University men's basketball fifth-year senior Taevion Kinsey was named the Sun Belt Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Tuesday for the third time this season, as announced by the league office.
Kinsey is the only three-time winner this season and one of two to be named SBC player of the week multiple times this year.
The Columbus, Ohio, native averaged 23.5 points and 7.5 assists per game in wins over Southern Miss and Old Dominion last week.
Against the Golden Eagles on Thursday, he tallied 24 points and seven assists before scoring 23 points and dishing out eight assists against the Monarchs on Saturday. He passed John Taft for third in program history in career points after his performance against ODU.
Kinsey has 12 contests this season of 20 or more points while dishing out at least five assists in eight of those games. He is the only player in country averaging 20 or more points and 6.0 or more assists and is the nation's leader in made field goals this season (165).
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