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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Neaville Named TranSouth Player of the Week

JACKSON, Tenn. - 11/19/2007 - of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ University has been selected as the TranSouth Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending November 18, 2007.

Neaville currently ranks No. 1 in the NAIA with 30.5 points and 6.0 three pointers per game. He has posted over 30 points in three of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s four games this year, with three of the four opponents for Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ being ranked in the NAIA Top 25.

Neaville, a 6-foot-0 junior guard from Urbana, Ill., helped lead the No. 19 Bulldogs to a pair of wins with consecutive 30-point games. In Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s 111-90 win over Missouri Baptist he produced 31 points, five rebounds, seven assists, and two steals while hitting 10-of-16 from the field, 5-of-10 from three-point range, and all six free throws. In the Bulldogs 92-85 win at NAIA No. 23 McKendree University he delivered a season-high 36 points, three rebounds, six assists, and had a steal while hitting 14-of-27 from the field and 8-of-19 from three-point range. His eight made threes was just two shy of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ record for made three pointers in a game.

For the week, Neaville was also named the MVP of the McKendree Classic, where he averaged 33.5 points, four rebounds, 6.5 assists while hitting 24-of-43 (56%) from the field, 13-of-29 (45%) from three-point range, and all six three throws. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ is 3-1 on the season and is ranked No. 19 in the NAIA.

Up next for Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ will be just their second and third home games of the year during the . Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ plays William Carey University (Miss.) on Friday at 8:00 pm and then the second meeting in eight days with McKendree on Saturday at 8:00 pm.

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Steven Aldridge
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