Behind an efficient performance on Saturday in a 86-80 win over rival Georgetown and a solid performance in a loss to Marquette, Shamorie Ponds wins the Big East’s Freshman of the Week award.
This week’s honor is Ponds’ fifth of the season. While the competition is solid from players like Justin Patton and Markus Howard and teammate Marcus LoVett, he has a good shot at winning the Big East’s Freshman of the Year award.
Ponds was the preseason Freshman of the Year as well; if he won, he would join Moe Harkless and JaKarr Sampson as St.