Men's Basketball

Nimley Named Freshman Of The Week

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CHARLESTON, S.C.: Buccaneer point guard Saah Nimley was named The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week for games played Nov. 28-Dec. 4, as announced by the conference on Dec. 5.


In two games last week (both CSU victories), Nimley averaged 23 points, 2.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 56% from the field and 57% from three.

Against Radford on Dec. 1, Nimley led the Bucs with 22 points, three rebounds and two assists while shooting 7-15 from the floor (47%) and 3-7 from beyond the arc (43%).

On Dec. 3 against VMI, Nimley had a career high 24 points (8-12) including going 5-7 (72%) from the three point line. Saah's five three pointers are the second most by a Big South player this year.


The Lawrenceville, Ga. native is currently 13th in the conference in scoring average (14.0), 7th in assists (3.29), and 13th in three pointers made per game (1.57).

Nimley leads the Buccaneers with 98 total points on 82 field goal attempts while sitting second on the team in field goals made with 34 and three point field goal attempts with 32.

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