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Hunter Named Player of the Week

February 13, 2006 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release


Boise, ID (February 13, 2006) - The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Gary Steelheads guard Jimmie "Snap" Hunter has been named the CBA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 6 through Feb. 12. Hunter picks up his third CBA Player-of-the-Week honor this season and sits just four points away from establishing a new Gary single-season scoring record. Hunter has 1,019 points this season, just three points back of current record-holder Bryant Notree with 1,022 (2002-03).

Hunter averaged 33.7 points, 6.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 steals in helping Gary finish 3-0 last week and extend their season-best winning streak to six games. The 6-foot-5, 190-pound guard, who leads the CBA in scoring at 27.5 ppg., poured in 41 points on Feb. 7 in a 127-124 overtime victory over Eastern Conference-leading Rockford. It was his fourth 40-plus performance this season with other scoring outbursts of 40 points (Nov. 20 vs. Rockford), 41 points (Jan. 26 vs. Rockford), and 50 points (Jan. 6 vs. Albany). Hunter added a season-best 10 rebounds and six steals to go with six assists and two blocks in Gary's sixth victory over Rockford this year.

Hunter also contributed 30 points apiece in two victories over Albany later in the week. In a 126-101 win on Feb. 10, he added five assists, four rebounds and three steals, while in a 127-97 win over the Patroons on Feb. 11, he contributed eight assists, two assists and one steal. Hunter shot 54.9 pct. from the field (39-of-71), 41.2 pct. from behind the 3-point arc (7-of-17), and was perfect from the charity stripe ((16-of-16) for the week.

Besides leading the CBA in scoring, the 2000 Life University (Ga.) alum also is third in steals (1.9 pg.), fifth in assists (5.4 pg.), tied for seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (43.2 pct.), and tied for eighth in blocked shots (1.0 pg.). Hunter is the only player in the CBA this season and just the second in Steelheads franchise history to go over the 1,000 point barrier. He was in the Cleveland Cavaliers training camp prior to the 2004-05 season and in the Indiana Pacers training camp this past season.

Hunter was named to his third-straight CBA All-Star Classic this past January, tallying 15 points, two assists and two blocked shots for the Eastern Conference squad.

Gary's current six-game winning streak is its best since the 2003-04 season when it won nine in a row from Dec. 9 through Jan. 2. The Steelheads are 22-15 with 149.0 quarter points and a 4.0 QP average, good enough for second place in the Eastern Conference. Gary next plays at Rockford on Tuesday, Feb. 14, then hosts Michigan this Thursday and Friday, Feb. 16-17.

Other players receiving consideration based on the submission of each team were.

Josh Davis, F, Idaho (20.0 ppg., 8.5 rpg., 1.0 apg.)

Darrell Johns, C, Michigan (20.8 ppg., 7.2 rpg., 1.8 apg.)

Marlon Parmer, G, Rockford (22.3 ppg., 4.8 rpg., 7.3 apg.)

Chris Owens, F, Sioux Falls (21.0 ppg., 9.5 rpg., 1.5 apg.)

Edmund Saunders, F, Albany (21.5 ppg., 8.8 rpg., 1.5 apg.)

CBA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK TO DATE

Week Winner/Team

11/18-11/27 Maurice Baker - Dakota Wizards

11/28-12/04 Jimmie Hunter - Gary Steelheads

12/05-12/11 Brandon Hunter - Sioux Falls Skyforce

12/12-12/18 Roger Powell, Jr. - Rockford Lightning

12/19-12/25 Eric Chenowith - Idaho Stampede

12/26-01/01 Matt Freije - Idaho Stampede

01/02-01/08 Jimmie Hunter - Gary Steelheads

01/09-01/15 Maurice Baker - Dakota Wizards

01/16-01/22 Marlon Parmer - Rockford Lightning

01/23-01/29 Willie Simms - Michigan Mayhem

01/30-02/05 Kasib Powell - Dakota Wizards

02/06-02/13 Jimmie Hunter - Gary Steelheads

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