James Augustine, Illinois
Senior, forward
Mokena, Lincoln-Way CentralAugustine shares Big Ten Player of the
Week honors after helping the Fighting Illini to a 2-0 record last
week.
He recorded his third double-double of the season and the 19th of
his career with 13 points and 13 rebounds at North Carolina on
Tuesday as the Illini recorded their first road victory of the
season with a win at Chapel Hill. He added three assists and three
steals against UNC.
Augustine then equaled his career high in scoring in the win over
Xavier, erupting for 23 points, the most by an Illini player this
season. He was 7-of-9 from the field in the victory, while adding a
game-high seven rebounds and two steals.
For the week, Augustine averaged a double-double, with 18 points
and 10 rebounds on a combined 73.3 percent shooting, at 11-of-15.
The Mokena native earns his third career Big Ten weekly accolade,
as he was also honored twice during the 2004-05 season: Jan. 10 and
Jan. 31.
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 Marco Killingsworth, Indiana
Senior, forward
Montgomery, Ala., Central Park Christian
Killingsworth claims his second career laurel as Big Ten Player
of the Week, after averaging 24 points and 6.5 rebounds per game
while leading the Hoosiers to a 1-1 record last week.
Facing the reigning national defensive player of the year,
Shelden Williams, and top-ranked Duke, Killingsworth went 15-of-20
from the field to tally a career-high 34 points, while adding 10
rebounds. His 15 field goals were the most scored in a game by a
Hoosier since Andrae Patterson went 15-of-29 from the field against
Duke in the Preseason NIT on Nov. 29, 1996. Killingsworth also
became the first player to score 30 or more points against Duke
since Nick Collison of Kansas on March 27, 2003.
The Montgomery, Ala., native closed out the week with 14 points,
three rebounds and three assists in a 79-63 victory over Eastern
Michigan on Saturday.
[Big Ten Conference
news release from Robin Jentes, associate director of
communications; provided by Derrick Burson, assistant sports
information director,
University of Illinois]
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