Trey Alexander Named BIG EAST Player of the Week
11/20/2023 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Junior guard averaged 21.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game last week
OMAHA, Neb. --Â Creighton men's basketball guard Trey Alexander has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week.
Alexander averaged 21.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game to help No. 8 Creighton to a 2-0 week. The junior shot 47.1 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and was perfect in five free throw attempts (100 percent).
Alexander opened his week with 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in CU's 92-84 Gavitt Tipoff Games victory over Iowa, nearly becoming the first Bluejay in history to notch a points/rebounds/assists triple-double. Alexander's 23 points were a season-high, his 11 rebounds were a career-high while his nine assists tied a career-best as the Preseason All-BIG EAST choice logged his first career double-double.
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On Saturday in a victory against three-time defending SWAC Tournament champion Texas Southern, the Oklahoma City native had 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds while making five three-point baskets in Creighton's 82-50 victory.
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A candidate for the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and NABC Division I Player of the Year, Alexander leads the nation's No. 8 team in scoring (21.0 ppg.), rebounding (7.3 rpg.), assists (6.7) and steals (1.5) per game and is tied for the national lead in free-throw percentage (100.0). He is the first Creighton player to open the season with four straight games of 20+ points since consensus National Player of the Year Doug McDermott in 2013-14.
Alexander and the Bluejays head to Kansas City, Mo., this week for a pair of games at the 2023 Hall of Fame Classic, starting with Wednesday's 3 p.m. contest vs. Loyola Chicago that will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 1620 The Zone.
Alexander averaged 21.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game to help No. 8 Creighton to a 2-0 week. The junior shot 47.1 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and was perfect in five free throw attempts (100 percent).
Alexander opened his week with 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in CU's 92-84 Gavitt Tipoff Games victory over Iowa, nearly becoming the first Bluejay in history to notch a points/rebounds/assists triple-double. Alexander's 23 points were a season-high, his 11 rebounds were a career-high while his nine assists tied a career-best as the Preseason All-BIG EAST choice logged his first career double-double.
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On Saturday in a victory against three-time defending SWAC Tournament champion Texas Southern, the Oklahoma City native had 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds while making five three-point baskets in Creighton's 82-50 victory.
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A candidate for the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and NABC Division I Player of the Year, Alexander leads the nation's No. 8 team in scoring (21.0 ppg.), rebounding (7.3 rpg.), assists (6.7) and steals (1.5) per game and is tied for the national lead in free-throw percentage (100.0). He is the first Creighton player to open the season with four straight games of 20+ points since consensus National Player of the Year Doug McDermott in 2013-14.
Alexander and the Bluejays head to Kansas City, Mo., this week for a pair of games at the 2023 Hall of Fame Classic, starting with Wednesday's 3 p.m. contest vs. Loyola Chicago that will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 1620 The Zone.
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