Nov. 16, 2009
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Navy sophomore Jordan Sugars has been named the Anaconda / Patriot League Player of the Week the league office announced on Monday afternoon. It is the first weekly honor for Sugars, joining Brian Walker (1994-95), Chris Williams (1998-99) and Greg Sprink (2005-06) as the only Navy sophomores to win the award.
Sugars had a large hand in helping Navy to a 1-1 record during the opening weekend of play. In Friday's 76-65 loss to defending Big South Champion Radford, Sugars posted career highs in points (16), rebounds (16), field goals made (6), field goal attempts (12), three-pointers made (3), three-point attempts (10) and minutes played (40). The 16 rebounds were the most for any Navy player since Matt Fannin had 19 boards against American on Jan. 12, 2005, and the second most for a Navy player that stood 6-3 or shorter, behind Hassan Booker's 17 boards against Lehigh on Feb. 8, 1997. In addition, his 16 rebounds are currently the 10th most for a player in the country this year and the most for a player 6-3 or shorter.
Then in Sunday's 79-76 win over Longwood, the Winchester, Va., native tallied 14 points with eight rebounds. Sugars, a 6-3, 210-pound guard, went 6-of-7 from the field and made his only three-point attempt.
For the season, Sugars is averaging 15.0 ppg and 12.0 rpg. He is shooting 48.0 percent (12-of-25) from the field and 36.4 percent (4-of-11) from long distance. On the Patriot League leaderboard, Sugars is fifth in scoring (15.0 ppg), first in rebounding (12.0 rpg), 13th in field goal percentage (.480), 15th in steals (1.0 spg), 13th in three-point percentage (.364), fifth in three-pointers per game (2.00), second in offensive rebounds per game (4.0 rpg), first in defensive rebounds per game (8.0 rpg) and first in minutes played per game (36.5 mpg).
Of players that have played at least two games nationally, Sugars is fifth in the country in rebounding.
Navy will open its home season on Thursday night when it hosts the MAC (East) defending champion Buffalo at Alumni Hall. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 pm and tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY or at the Alumni Hall ticket office prior to the game for just $8 and $4.
# GO NAVY #
