EK Miner Jermaine Blackburn named CBA Player of the Week

December 26, 2008 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release

ALBANY, NY - The Continental Basketball Association announced earlier in the week that Jermaine Blackburn of the East Kentucky Miners had been named the first CBA Player of the Week of the 2008-09 season. Blackburn, a Boise State product, averaged 20.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game for the 6-0 Miners as the second-year professional basketball franchise played the first section of its schedule against three different ABA teams in the CBA-ABA Interleague Challenge.

Blackburn earned the CBA's first quadruple-double ever in the East Kentucky Miners' 154-111 victory over the American Basketball Association's West Virginia Wild Saturday, Dec. 20. In the victory, Blackburn scored 22 points, dished out 14 assists, stole the ball 10 times and pulled down 10 rebounds. Blackburn followed this unprecedented performance one night later with a triple-double against the same West Virginia team. Blackburn had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in only 31 minutes of playing time to wrap up the CBA Player of the Week award-winning effort.

"I'm very happy at what Jermaine has brought to this baketball team," said East Kentucky Coach Kevin Keathley. "He has the ability to play four different positions on the basketball floor and he creates mismatch problems for our opponents. I'm very happy that the CBA reconized Jermaines accomplishments over the first six games of the season."

Blackburn has been productive for East Kentucky since the opening tip of the 2008-09 season. In a season-opening win over the Kentucky Bisons, Blackburn led East Kentucky in scoring, finishing with a game-high 26 points on a 12-for-19 shooting effort. Blackburn etched his named into the basketball record books with the recent triple-double performance. A list of professional and college basketball players who have earned quadruple-doubles follows.

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