STERLING, Va. – Edrick Montgomery of Millsaps, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound senior forward from Pearl, Miss., has been named to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week for a second-straight week in addition to being selected the SCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for games played from Monday, Jan. 28 through Sunday, Feb. 3.
His is the first player in Millsaps history to be named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week in back-to-back weeks.
Montgomery, after averaging a double-double on the road last weekend, continued his dominance on the court at home this weekend, averaging 30.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a sweep over Rhodes and Birmingham-Southern.
Montgomery has really stepped his game up the previous two weeks from the floor and the charity stripe, posting three 30-point games along with three double-doubles and 12 blocks.
The senior knocked down a career-high 11-of-12 attempts from the free throw line en route to 31 points and 15 boards in a 93-72 win Friday over Rhodes and hit 6-of-7 from the stripe on Sunday en route to 30 points and 13 boards in an overtime win against the Panthers.
Montgomery has climbed all the way into second in the SCAC in blocks (2.11 per game), third in rebounds (9.2 per game) and sixth in the league in scoring (16.1 per game).
Having already hit the 1,000-point mark in his career a few weeks back in just three seasons of work for Millsaps, he is now just 53 rebounds away from becoming the fifth player in league history to amass 700 career rebounds.
Millsaps will continue a four-game homestand on Friday, Feb. 8, playing host to Colorado College and Austin College in the Hangar Dome. The Majors defeated both teams earlier this year on the road, respectively.
