Naperville's Crawford wins Big Ten basketball honors

Posted December 14, 2009 10:00 pm

From Daily Herald News Services

Northwestern freshman guard/forward Drew Crawford of Naperville was recognized Monday as the Big Ten Player of the Week.

Crawford, who played at Naperville Central, is the second Wildcat player to earn the award this season, joining John Shurna who earned the honor Nov. 30.

In just the eighth game of his collegiate career, Crawford netted a Big Ten season high and a Northwestern freshman record by scoring 35 points in a 90-65 victory over North Carolina A&T on Sunday. He hit eight 3-pointers in the contest, contributing to the Wildcats' Big Ten-record 20 triples in the contest as a team. The eight triples are one shy of Craig Moore's school record for a game set a year ago at Brown.

Crawford also added 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots in the performance in just 25 minutes of action.

Crawford ranks third on the team with an average of 9.4 points per game while leading the squad and ranking 11th in the Big Ten with a .529 field goal percentage.

Northwestern (7-1) returns to action at 8 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts North Florida at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

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