ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Behind a strong week in which he averaged 14 points and four rebounds per game, Illinois State freshman Jack Daugherty was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week for the first time this season.
Daugherty helped lead Illinois State to a 2-0 week with a lopsided home win over Northern Illinois and then a road win against Cornell on Sunday, December 22. He averaged 14 points and four rebounds per game during the week, making nine of his 15 shots from the field (60 percent), and was 8-of-14 (57.