Bakersfield Jam's Ike Diogu Named NBA Development League Player of the Month
April 1, 2014 - NBA G League (G League)
Bakersfield Jam News Release
NEW YORK, April 1, 2014 - Bakersfield Jam forward Ike Diogu was today named NBA Development League Player of the Month for games played in March. The award is the first of Diogu's career.
Diogu (6-8, 255, Arizona State) led Bakersfield to a 10-3 record in March, including a 7-2 road record and a seven-game winning streak between March 12 and March 26. For the month, Diogu averaged 21.4 points, shooting 59 percent from the field, to go with 12.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks. He recorded a double-double in 12 of his 13 games in March, notching two 30-plus point outings.
On March 19, Diogu recorded a season-high 19 rebounds to go with 30 points in a 114-106 road win over the Texas Legends. The following week, on March 30, he tied his season high with 32 points in a 115-109 win at the Santa Cruz Warriors.
For the season, Diogu is averaging 18.0 points on 55 percent shooting, to go with 9.4 rebounds, good for sixth-best in the NBA D-League.
Additional players considered for the award included Austin's Flip Murray, Canton's Shane Edwards, Erie's Lewis Jackson, Fort Wayne's Tony Mitchell, Iowa's Moses Ehambe, Othyus Jeffers and Curtis Stinson, Los Angeles' Shawne Williams, Maine's Frank Gaines, Santa Cruz's Cameron Jones, Sioux Fall's Henry Walker, Springfield's Jeff Foote and Texas' Damion James.
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