St. Louis, Mo. – Gerald Beverly of Daemen
College was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division
II National Players of the Week for the week ending January 11.
Beverly, a 6-7 senior forward from Rochester, N.Y., led Daemen
College to a 3-0 record last week. Beverly registered
double-doubles in all three games, averaging 25.3 points, 16.7
rebounds, and 3.7 blocks for the week as Daemen (10-3, 5-0 East
Coast Conference) beat Washington Adventist in a non-conference
road game and collected home conference victories over Dowling and
Bridgeport.
Beverly now has nine double-doubles this season (37 career) and he
scored his 1,400th career point in Saturday's 91-88 overtime win
over Bridgeport. He recorded 27 points and a career-high 21
rebounds against Dowling, which he followed with a season-high 36
points and 15 rebounds against Bridgeport, which extended Daemen's
home win streak to 42 and conference win streak to 21. Both streaks
are the longest active streaks in Division II, and Beverly extended
his personal double-figure scoring streak to 43 consecutive
games.
Each Tuesday, the USBWA is selecting men's and women's Division II
National Players of the Week. This is the first season that the
USBWA will recognize national players of the week from Division
II.
Beverly is the second student-athlete from the ECC to earn the honor this season, joing Dowling's Darien Davis. Davis won the awardfor the week ending December 21.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Joe Mitch at 314-795-6821.
Contributions to the release made by the USBWA.
