LU's Mooney and SAC's Sikes vie for HSRN Weekly Honor

HSRN Basketball National Player of the Week Fan Poll Nominees
 
January 18, 2011

Hartly, DE – The 2010-11 basketball conference schedule has tipped-off and the Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) National Player of the Week fan poll voting has started.  Each week, HSRN will announce a men and women national player of the week from both Division I and Division II action.
 
The top performance each week will be selected and the HBCU fans across the country will get a chance to cast their vote for who they think had the best game.  The Fan Poll is designed to get fans involved with the excitement of the HBCU college basketball action.  Fans are asked to log on to HSRN.com and cast their vote for the top performance.  Fans can vote on the poll this evening (Tues. 18) thru Fri. (Jan. 21) until 12 am ET.  Voting this week is for games played from January 10th thru January 15, 2011. 

The CIAA nominees for this week are:
 
Div. II Men
Denzel Mooney – Lincoln (PA) – G – 6’3, 195 – JR/Baltimore, MD
Mooney was named CIAA Newcomer of the week averaging 32 points per game. He had a career-high 35 points as Lincoln faced Fayetteville State on the road. A night earlier against Johnson C. Smith, he scored 29 points behind a career-high-tying four three-pointers. He now has six straight games with at least 24 points. He also went 9-of-9 from the free-throw line against the Golden Bulls. For the week, he went 18 of 21 from the charity stripe.
 
Div. II Women
Allison Sikes – St. Augustine’s – G – 5’10 – SR/Richmond, VA
Sikes was nominated after having possibly her best week in an illustrious four-year career. She averaged 23.5 points, nine rebounds, six steals and three assists in two games last week including her first career college triple-double in an 82-48 win over Virginia Union (24 points, 12 rebounds, 10 steals). She also had 23 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals in a 67-55 win over Bowie State. It was the Lady Falcons’ first win at Bowie State since 2000, a span of seven straight losses.
 
On Monday, Sikes was named CIAA women’s basketball player of the week. She currently ranks in the CIAA’s top 10 in scoring (15.1), field goal percentage (47.5), assists (3.2), steals (2.7), and assist/turnover ratio.