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Ryan Blackmon: Men's Basketball

Ryan Blackmon
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- November 17, 2008 -- Ryan Blackmon has been selected the Springfield College Male Maroon Club Athlete of the Week after a standout opening weekend for the men's basketball team, which competed in Elms College's Blazer Tip-Off Tournament.

In two games, the Stamford, Conn. native averaged 21 points, while shooting 42.9% from the floor, to go along with 3.5 rebounds per game.

For his efforts, he was chosen to the All-Tournament Team along with teammate John Strawson.

In the Pride's season-opening win over Castleton State, the junior guard tied a career-high with 23 points on 9-of-21 shooting. He added five rebounds, four steals, and two assists in 36 minutes of action.

In the Tip-Off Championship in which the Pride fell to the host Blazers, Blackmon once again was a leader for the Pride on offense, pouring in a game-high 19 points. While playing 36 minutes, Blackmon went 6-of-14 from the field, including hitting a pair of trifecta's, to go along with two rebounds and two assists. He also connected on 5-of-8 from the charity stripe.



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