Monday,
December 8, 2003
PC'S ANDREW DELLINGER NAMED SAC
MEN'S BASKETBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Blue Hose senior guard wins back-to-back SAC
Player of the Week honors
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ROCK
HILL, S.C. -
Presbyterian College's senior guard
Andrew Dellinger was named South Atlantic Conference
Men's Basketball Player Of The Week, league officials
announced today.
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Dellinger, native of Mauertown, Va., helped the Blue Hose win the 15th Annual Marriott Sodexho Classic in Charlotte, N.C., with a pair of victories over two preseason nationally-ranked opponents. On Friday, PC defeated No. 25 Eckerd College, 68-62, before downing tenth-ranked Queens, 54-51, in the finals Saturday.
Dellinger
was named Tournament MVP after averaging 13.0 points, 3.5
assists, 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals in PC's win over the
weekend. The
senior guard also shot 57 percent from the field, 71 percent
from behind three-point line and 83 percent from the charity
stripe.
Against
Eckerd Friday, Dellinger tallied a game-high 19 points with
five assists and two steals and hit four-of-five three-point
attempts. In the
championship contest versus Queens, Dellinger totaled seven
points, two rebounds and two assists and hit a key
three-pointer late in the game that iced the win for the Blue
Hose.
The South Atlantic Conference Player Of The Week is voted on by the league's eight sports information directors.