Foster Earns Big Ten Player of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Je’Kel Foster, a senior guard on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, earned player of the week honors after leading Ohio State to a 3-0 record last week, including a 70-67 win over Iowa State Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. Foster went 6-of-8 from the three-point line (.750), while connecting on 9-of-12 shots from the field (.750) to finish with a career-high 28 points against the Cyclones. He also was perfect from the foul line (4-of-4), while recording six rebounds and a pair of steals.
The native of Natchez, Miss., opened the week with 11 points against Norfolk State. He followed with another double-digit performance, tallying 15 points in an 85-75 win over Belmont. For the season, Foster leads OSU in scoring with 17.1 points per game, while shooting a conference-best 68.3 percent from the field (41-of-60) and 60 percent from three-point range (22-of-37).
The honor is his first Big Ten weekly accolade and he becomes the first Buckeye to be named player of the week since teammate Terence Dials earned back-to-back honors (Dec. 20 and Dec. 27, 2004) last season. Ohio State returns to action at 8 p.m. Friday against Tennessee State at Value City Arena in Columbus.
