11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 22, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Coastal Carolina junior guard Desmond Holloway has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Men's Basketball Player of the Week the conference office announced on Monday.
Holloway averaged 20.0 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game and shot 51.1 percent from the field (24-of-47) and 84.4 percent from the charity stripe (27-of-32) in four games last week in leading Coastal Carolina to a 2-2 record. The Indianapolis, Ind., also made 5-of-11 three-pointers and blocked four shots in the four-game span.
Holloway opened the week with 24 points and a career-high nine rebounds at College of Charleston and followed that with 13 points, a career-high three steals and 7-of-8 shooting from the line against No. 20 Georgetown in the first game of the Charleston Classic.
He then scored 18 points and had six rebounds in a win over USC Upstate and concluded his week with 25 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and shot 9-of-10 from the line in the Chanticleers' double-overtime win over Charlotte on Sunday. He scored six of the team's final seven points in the second overtime and put Coastal ahead for good with two free throws with 1:01 remaining.
The victory on Sunday gave Coastal Carolina its first ever win against a school from the Atlantic 10, as the Chanticleers entered play 0-15 all-time against the league. It was also the school's first even win over Charlotte in eight chances.
Coastal and Holloway return to action Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in a game against North Carolina Wesleyan from Kimbel Arena.
