Fields Named CBA Player of the Week
February 27, 2006 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
Rockford Lightning News Release
The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Rockford Lightning guard
Ronnie Fields has been named the CBA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 20
through Feb. 26. Fields became the third Lightning player to earn the award this
season after Roger Powell Jr. picked up the honor the week of Dec. 12 through Dec.
18, and Marlon Parmer for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22.
Fields averaged 33.7 points, 5.7 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals in three
games. Included in that was a season-best 42-point effort on Feb. 26 vs. Albany
where Fields converted on 17 field goals, which is a league-high this season. He
began the week with 30 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals in a
123-120 victory over Eastern Conference rival Gary on Feb. 21. Fields sent the game
into overtime with the game-tying basket in regulation while burying the
game-winning bucket in overtime. Three nights later he scored 29 points to go with
eight assists, six rebounds and three steals in a 105-101 win at Michigan.
After posting just one game of 30 points in his first 33 games this season, Fields
has posted 30-or-more points in five of his last nine games.
The eight-year CBA veteran is third in the league in scoring (22.1 ppg.) and second
in steals (2.1 pg.) this season. He's played in 42 of Rockford's 43 games with a
45.1 field goal pct., 75.3 free-throw pct., and a 41.4 3-point field goal pct. He
has led the team in scoring 10 games, rebounds 6 games, and assists 10 games. For
his career, Fields ranks among the all-time best in the CBA in steals (8th - 575),
points (16th - 4,772), games played (31st - 273), and minutes played (41st - 7,670).
He recorded the first triple double of his Lightning career this season on Feb. 14
vs. Gary.
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound guard was drafted in the 1996 CBA Draft by La Crosse out of
Farragut Academy High School in Illinois, where he played with Minnesota
Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett. He was named to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team and
was the CBA Slam Dunk Champion later that season. He was also named CBA All-League
First Team in 2004 and 2005 while being named to the CBA All-Star Game in 2003 and
2006.
Rockford is second in the Eastern Conference with a 27-16 record, 3.99 quarter-point average and 171.5 total quarter points. The Lightning next play Tuesday, Feb. 28, when they host the Michigan Mayhem at 7:05 p.m. (CST). Fields will be playing his 250th regular season game in a Lightning uniform. He is currently ranked at the top of a number of Lightning all-time records including points (4,599), rebounds (1,102), steals (551), field goals made (1,656), and free throws made (1,022).
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