For the first time this season one of the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team’s six freshman players has been honored by the Big East. And it was point guard Shabazz Napier who picked up Big East Rookie of the Week Honors.
Napier averaged 16.5 points last week as the Huskies went 1-1 against two top-15 opponents.
In the 73-70 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Napier had a career-high 18 points and chipped in with five assists. In UConn’s 82-81 overtime win over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday afternoon, Napier had 15 points and three assists.
In 14 games this season (12-2), Napier is averaging 9.6 points, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game and is averaging 11.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and three assists in three Big East games.
Napier and the Huskies are back in action on Tuesday night when they’ll host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be televised locally in Connecticut on SNY.
Photo credit: Patrick Raycroft – Hartford Courant (No. 9)
