Lightning's Marvin Phillips Named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week
Published on February 11, 2013 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) News Release
(TORONTO, ON): The National Basketball League of Canada is pleased to announce that Marvin Phillips of the London Lightning has been named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week for the week ending February 10, 2013. This is the third time a Lightning player has been honoured as Player of the Week; Phillips joins Morgan Lewis and Elvin Mims as previous Lightning players to earn this honour.
Phillips, a 6'7" forward who played his collegiate basketball at Claflin University (South Carolina), averaged 20 points per game in two big road victories for London, allowing the Lightning to earn a playoff berth for the second consecutive year. Phillips' big game came on February 7, when he came off the bench to score 29 points in London's 102-92 victory over the Moncton Miracles.
Previous winners of the Recharge With Milk Player of the Week Award:
February 3rd - Melvin Goins of the Halifax Rainmen
January 27th - Anthony Anderson of the Saint John Mill Rats
January 20th - Nick Okorie of the Oshawa Power
January 13th - Devin Sweetney of the Moncton Miracles
January 6th - Eric Frederick of the Montreal Jazz
December 30th - Chris Commons of the Windsor Express
December 23rd - Elvin Mims of the London Lightning
December 16th - Nick Okorie of the Oshawa Power
December 9th - Quinnel Brown of the Halifax Rainmen
December 2nd - Darren Duncan of the Windsor Express
November 25th - Devin Sweetney of the Moncton Miracles
November 18th - Morgan Lewis of the London Lightning
November 11th - Greg Plummer of the Summerside Storm
November 4th - Tyrone Levett of the Moncton Miracles
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