NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern's Tookie Brown has been named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week, the league announced today.
Brown averaged 25.5 points, five assists, two rebounds and a steal in a 2-0 week for the Eagles. The 5-foot-11, freshman guard shot 60 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3-point range. He scored 20-plus points in each game, giving him eight contests with 20 or more this season. He was also named Sun Belt Player of the Week by College Sports Madness.
Brown, who ranks sixth nationally among freshman in scoring with 18.