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(February 25, 2008) –
The Big West Conference announced Monday that UC Riverside
senior guard Larry Cunningham has been named Big West Player
of the Week for his performances last week. Cunningham became
UCR's all-time leading scorer with his 31-point effort against
Hawaii on Saturday and had a team-high 21 points in the win
over UC Irvine on Wednesday.
Cunningham (Downey, CA/
Downey HS) passed Howard Lee with his first of two free-throw
makes at the 1:10 mark of the second half of UCR's ESPNU BracketBuster
game with Hawaii to move into first place on the all-time
scoring list.
He now has 1,390 career
points and picks up his second career Player of the Week award
after shooting 16 of 28 (57.1%) from the floor and finishing
17 of 19 (87.5%) from the free-throw line during the week.
Cunningham averaged 26.0 PPG in the team's two wins as the
Highlanders continue to move closer to earning a spot in the
Big West postseason tournament.
The Highlanders return
to action this Thursday, traveling to face Cal Poly at 7:30
p.m.
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