Rio Grande Valley's Desmon Farmer Named D-League.com Performer Of The Week
Published on March 31, 2008 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK - Desmon Farmer of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers was today named D-League.com Performer of the Week for games played during the week of March 24. Farmer averaged 33.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists as the Vipers went 3-1 on the week.
Farmer's week was highlighted by a season-high 49 points (including 8-of-12 from three point territory), to go with nine rebounds and six assists, in a win over the Albuquerque Thunderbirds on Friday. On Saturday, Farmer came back to score 36 points as the Vipers finished a weekend sweep of the Albuquerque.
The USC product has moved into first place on the D-League's all-time scoring list with 2,187 points over three seasons. This year, he leads all D-League players with a 24.6 scoring average and ranks among the league leaders in minutes played.
Other top performers in the D-League last week included Bakersfield's Mateen Cleaves, who averaged 23.0 points, 15.5 assists and 6.0 rebounds in two games; Tulsa's Adam Harrington, who shot seven-of-12 from three-point range and averaged 24.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in three games; Julius Hodge, who averaged 31.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in two games for Albuquerque; Fort Wayne's Dahntay Jones, who averaged 26.3 points in three games; Ian Mahinmi, who averaged 20.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in three games for Austin while on assignment from the San Antonio Spurs; and Alando Tucker, who averaged 34.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in two games for Albuquerque while on assignment from the Phoenix Suns.
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