Ryan Nembhard
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Ryan Nembhard Earns Sixth BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Honor
2/21/2022 10:30:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bluejay point guard helped CU to a 3-0 week
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Basketball's Ryan Nembhard has been named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the sixth time this season after leading the conference with 17 assists last week.
Nembhard averaged 16.3 points, 5.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game as Creighton went 3-0 last week.
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The Aurora, Ontario, Canada product had 12 points, six assists and five rebounds while playing all but 42 seconds in an 88-77 win vs. Georgetown on Monday.
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Three nights later he played all but 22 seconds in a 71-59 victory at DePaul. He had 19 points, six assists and three rebounds in the win, including his first dunk of the season.
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He closed out the week with 18 points, five assists and three rebounds in an 83-82 win vs. Marquette. He tied his season-high with four three-pointers made and assisted Ryan Hawkins' lay-up with two minutes left that gave Creighton the lead for good.
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Nembhard leads CU with 112 assists and 33 steals and is on pace to become the first BIG EAST freshman to play more than 34 minutes per game in a decade.
Nembhard was previously recognized on Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 20 and Jan. 17 and becomes CU's first six-time Freshman of the Week since Doug McDermott won seven such honors from the Missouri Valley Conference in 2010-11. Nembhard, along with teammates Trey Alexander (Jan. 24, Feb. 7) and Arthur Kaluma (Feb. 14), have now combined to win nine of the league's 14 Freshman of the Week awards this season. That includes five of the past six weeks.
Hawkins also earned a spot on the league's Honor Roll after he led Creighton with 56 points (18.7 ppg.), 32 rebounds (10.7 rpg.) and 5 steals (1.7 spg.) while adding 3.0 assists per game.
Creighton (18-8, 10-5 BIG EAST) returns to the court on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Central with a game at St. John's that will be nationally-televised on FS1.
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Nembhard averaged 16.3 points, 5.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game as Creighton went 3-0 last week.
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The Aurora, Ontario, Canada product had 12 points, six assists and five rebounds while playing all but 42 seconds in an 88-77 win vs. Georgetown on Monday.
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Three nights later he played all but 22 seconds in a 71-59 victory at DePaul. He had 19 points, six assists and three rebounds in the win, including his first dunk of the season.
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He closed out the week with 18 points, five assists and three rebounds in an 83-82 win vs. Marquette. He tied his season-high with four three-pointers made and assisted Ryan Hawkins' lay-up with two minutes left that gave Creighton the lead for good.
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Nembhard leads CU with 112 assists and 33 steals and is on pace to become the first BIG EAST freshman to play more than 34 minutes per game in a decade.
Nembhard was previously recognized on Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 20 and Jan. 17 and becomes CU's first six-time Freshman of the Week since Doug McDermott won seven such honors from the Missouri Valley Conference in 2010-11. Nembhard, along with teammates Trey Alexander (Jan. 24, Feb. 7) and Arthur Kaluma (Feb. 14), have now combined to win nine of the league's 14 Freshman of the Week awards this season. That includes five of the past six weeks.
Hawkins also earned a spot on the league's Honor Roll after he led Creighton with 56 points (18.7 ppg.), 32 rebounds (10.7 rpg.) and 5 steals (1.7 spg.) while adding 3.0 assists per game.
Creighton (18-8, 10-5 BIG EAST) returns to the court on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Central with a game at St. John's that will be nationally-televised on FS1.
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