Jones Earns Player of the Week Honors
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Mississippi Valley State's Falando Jones has earned SWAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week honors for the first "week" of conference play, which opened on Tuesday.
Jones, a 6-4, 212-pound, senior forward from Greenwood, Miss., was the only SWAC player to average a double-double in the opening game of conference play. He led the Delta Devils to an 82-67 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday night. MVSU was idle on Thursday and travels to Alabama State on Saturday.
In the win over the Golden Lions, Jones scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and also tallied three steals and two assists.
The SWAC season is condensed for the first calendar week of the new year as the league plays its first two weeks of competition in a seven-day span.
The Player of the Week award will continue its regular schedule of a Wednesday release beginning next week and following the second round of travel games this Saturday and Monday.