International Basketball League Names Player Of The Week For First 10 Weeks
Published on June 12, 2010 under International Basketball League (IBL) News Release
Week 1 was Kendrick Cornelius of the USA All Stars is the IBL's first ever player of the week. In two games, Kendrick scored 66 points; the first game, he scored 13 points but more impressively in that game- his team- the USA All Stars won a game versus a more regular IBL team, the- then 3-0 Holland Blast. The next night, in a USA All Stars loss to Kankakee, Kendrick Cornelius put up 53 points.
Week 2 was former NBA player- Kenny Satterfield of the Albany Legends (for the week/time period ending on April 12th, 2010). In three games that week, the Legends' point guard averaged over 22 ppg but most importantly, Satterfield led his team to a 3-0 start. Satterfield collected his 2010 game high of 28 points on April 12 against the Battle Creek Knights. His 5+ assists per game and impressive double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds, during a Sunday game (second game of a three game series with Battle Creek) and 51% shooting from field goal range were instrumental in the Legend's 3-0 season start at Albany's historic Washington Avenue Armory.
Week 3 was point guard Nate Menefee of the Olympia Reign (for the week/time period ending on April 18th, 2010). Point guard Menefee averaged 29.0 points per game, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game over his first two games in the IBL, but most importantly, Menefee led his Olympia Reign team to a 2-0 start, both wins considered major upsets at the time (over powerhouse teams- the Tacoma Tide and then the Bellingham Slam on back to back nights). Menefee was a 2-time All American point guard from Evergreen State University (near Olympia Washington). Menefee is considered by many as one of the top talents not in the NBA radar, but it is expected that he will be in that discussion soon- "No doubt about it" says Olympia head coach Steve Smothers.
Week 4 was Jacob Stevenson of the Bellingham Slam. Jacob Stevenson scored 36 points, had 10 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds in an April 23rd win over the Vancouver Volcanoes. Stevenson has performed consistently well in all aspects of the game in this 2010 season so far; in fact, on the season, Stevenson is averaging (after 3 games) 29.3 points, 7.3 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Week 5 was Virgil Mathews of the Olympia Reign who won two games against the USA All Stars but in doing so, he put up 28.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists. The top four listed below all had almost equal claim to the award-
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Olympia Reign Virgil Matthews 2 28.00 7.00 8.50
Olympia Reign Nate Menefee 2 30.50 4.00 7.00
Vancouver Volcanoes Andre Murray 2 32.00 2.50 5.00
Bellingham Slam Jacob Stevenson 2 26.00 8.00 3.50
BC Titans JR Morris 2 25.50 9.00 2.50
Week 6 was Andre Murray of the Vancouver Volcanoes who won two games against the Yamhill Highflyers and the Central Oregon Hotshots and in doing so- he put up the numbers seen below-
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Central Oregon Hotshots Jordan Gregg 2 27.50 16.50 3.50
Vancouver Volcanoes Andre Murray 2 33.00 5.00 9.00
Los Angeles Lightning Trayvon Lathan 2 28.00 9.50 6.00
Olympia Reign Mike Ward 2 31.00 7.50 2.00
Nevada Pride Dajuan Tate 2 28.00 8.50 1.50
Week 7 was Jacob Stevenson and Curtis Nash of the Bellingham Slam and Yamhill Highflyers respectively. Bellingham beat the BC Titans two times over the weekend and Jacob put up the stats seen below. Curtis Nash's Yamhill team won games against the Central Oregon Hotshots, the Vancouver Volcanoes and the USA All Stars and in doing so, he put up the numbers seen below.
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Bellingham Slam Jacob Stevenson 2 23.50 11.00 9.00
Tacoma Tide Antwan Williams 3 26.67 9.00 6.00
BC Titans Avery Smith 2 27.00 4.50 8.50
Yamhill Highflyers Curtis Nash 3 28.67 6.33 3.00
Vancouver Volcanoes Devin Uskoski 3 23.00 12.67 1.67
Week 8 was Trayvon Lathan of the Los Angeles Lightning who won two games against the Arizona Red Rock Raptors and in doing so, he put up the numbers seen below. A co-player of the week was Everett Spencer whose Battle Creek Knights team beat the Oregon Waves two games and his numbers are also seen below.
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Los Angeles Lightning Trayvon Lathan 2 34.00 9.50 4.50
Battle Creek Knights Everett Spencer 2 30.00 10.00 5.50
Bellingham Slam Jacob Stevenson 2 32.50 6.00 6.50
Olympia Reign Nate Menefee 2 32.00 3.00 5.00
BC Titans Avery Smith 3 25.33 6.00 6.33
Week 9 was Ryan Edwards of the Kankakee County Soldiers and Nicholas Moore of the Olympia Reign. Edwards got two upset wins with the Soldiers at the Los Angeles Lightning. Edwards had a game winning steal and lay-up to beat Los Angeles in the first win and the next night, Edwards poured in 49 points to secure a second win over Los Angeles. Nicholas Moore also got two victories- one at Tacoma and the second win at Yamhill. Both players' numbers for their games that week are seen below.
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Bellingham Slam Jacob Stevenson 3 31.00 8.33 6.00
Kankakee Soldiers Ryan Edwards 2 34.00 4.00 6.50 Olympia Reign Nicholas Moore 2 28.00 12.00 4.50
Olympia Reign Virgil Matthews 2 30.00 8.00 4.00
Oregon Waves David Lucas 2 31.00 8.00 1.00
Week 10 is Trayvon Lathan of the Los Angeles Lightning who won three games against the USA All Stars, fairly easy games for the Lightning and in these three wins, Lathan put up the big numbers seen below.
Team Player Name GMS PT/GM RB/GM AS/GM
Los Angeles Lightning Trayvon Lathan 3 27.00 13.33 4.33
BC Titans Lawrence Blackridge 2 24.00 11.50 4.00
Bellingham Slam Jacob Stevenson 2 26.50 5.00 4.50
Albany Legends DeAndre Thomas 2 21.00 12.50 1.00
Oregon Waves Itrelle Lambert 2 28.50 2.50 3.00
Note: Jacob Stevenson (14 games) is averaging 28.4 points per game, 7.6 rebounds per game & 6.2 assists per game.
International Basketball League Stories from June 12, 2010
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- Legends defeat Soilders - Albany Legends
- International Basketball League Names Player Of The Week For First 10 Weeks - IBL
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