NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern's Tookie Brown has been named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced today.
Brown averaged 20.8 points, four assists and 1.4 steals and led the Eagles to a 4-1 record in their last five contests. The sophomore guard shot 57 percent from the field, 48 percent from 3-point range and 76 percent from the free-throw line. He has scored 20-plus points in the last four games, including a season-high 29 against Georgia State last Saturday, when he made 9 of 10 from the field against the Panthers.