Douby Named ESPN.com Player of the Week
Dec 05 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - In addition to being named the BIG EAST Co-Player of the Week, junior guard Quincy Douby (Brooklyn, NY) has been named the ESPN.com Player of the Week. Douby was selected over J.J. Redick (Duke), Leon Powe (California), Oliver Lafayette (Houston), Justin Gray (Wake Forest) and Nick Fazekas (Nevada)..
Douby averaged 31.5 points per game in leading the Scarlet Knights to victories at Saint Mary's (CA) on Saturday night and at home vs. Temple last Wednesday. The 6-3 guard poured in a career-high 36 points (previous career high was 35) and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds in leading Rutgers to a 75-69 victory at Saint Mary's (CA), a team that had won 14 of its previous 15 home games. In recording his first career 'double-double', Douby went 12-of-20 from the field, 4-of-8 from three-point range and 8-of-10 from the free throw line.
Douby's 36-point outing vs. Saint Mary's is the most points scored by a BIG EAST player this season. He leads the BIG EAST in scoring at 22.0 points per game.
Douby's performance at Saint Mary's came on the heels of a stellar 27-point outing in a 67-53 win over Temple at the RAC last Wednesday. Douby scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half as Rutgers overcame an early nine-point deficit. Douby was 7-of-18 from the field vs. the Owls and 9-of-10 from the free throw line.
In the two wins combined, Douby, who needs 17 points to reach the 1,000-point mark in his career, shot 20-of-37 from the field (.541).
