NJCAA Region 8 Basketball Notebook: February 6

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (February 6, 2018) – The Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) has released its NJCAA Region 8 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Polls for February 6 and Player of the Week selections for games played January 29-February 4. 

The next poll and player of the week selections will be released February 13. 

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NJCAA Region 8 Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll
February 6, 2018 

The NJCAA Region 8 Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017-18 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by Region 8 men’s basketball coaches, the Region 8 Men’s Basketball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.

Rank

Team

Record

Pts

Pvs

1.

Northwest Florida State (18)

25-0

180

1

2.

Florida SouthWestern

24-1

157

3

3.

Eastern Florida State

22-3

143

4

4.

Central Florida

21-5

115

2

5.

Santa Fe

19-6

96

6

6.

Chipola

16-6

95

5

7.

Indian River State

18-6

91

7

8.

Broward

14-7

40

8

9.

Tallahassee

15-8

34

9

10.

Daytona State

16-9

17

10

Also receiving votes: Pensacola State 13, St. Petersburg 12, Miami Dade 3.

NJCAA Region 8 Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll
February 6, 2018 

The NJCAA Region 8 Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017-18 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by NJCAA Region 8 women’s basketball coaches, the NJCAA Region 8 Women’s Basketball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.

Rank

Team

Record

Pts

Pvs

1.

Gulf Coast State (15)

18-2

168

1

2.

Northwest Florida State (1)

21-2

154

2

3.

Tallahassee

18-4

127

3

4.

Florida SouthWestern

22-4

126

4

5.

Eastern Florida State

18-5

85

6

6.

Chipola

13-9

82

7

7.

Pensacola State

17-6

66

5

8.

Miami Dade

17-8

63

10

9.

Daytona State

16-9

24

8

10.

Santa Fe

14-11

21

9

Also receiving votes: Central Florida 10, St. Petersburg 4.


NJCAA Region 8 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Tremell Murphy, Florida SouthWestern
Sophomore - Forward
Griffith, Ind. 

  • Averaged 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.7 blocks in three games during the voting period
  • Shot 52.4 percent (22-of-42) from the floor, 50.0 percent (3-of-6) from the three-point line and 81.3 percent (13-of-16) from the free throw line
  • Helped Florida SouthWestern to three Suncoast Conference victories
  • Had 19 points and 12 rebounds vs. Polk State and narrowly missed double-doubles in his other two games – 27 points and nine rebounds vs. St. Petersburg and 14 points and nine rebounds (also seven assists and six steals) vs. State College of Florida

Other nominees: Malik Morrow, Santa Fe; Daniel Jones, Pasco-Hernando State; Cedric Jackson, Indian River State; Ahmed Ali, Eastern Florida State

NJCAA Region 8 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Shakarri Mack, Central Florida
Sophomore – Guard
Jacksonville, Fla. 

  • Averaged 21.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks in two games during the voting period
  • Shot 60.0 percent (15-of-25) from the floor and 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the free throw line
  • Helped Central Florida to a pair of Mid-Florida Conference victories
  • Recorded back-to-back double-doubles against Daytona State (26 points, 10 rebounds) and Santa Fe (17 points, 13 rebounds)

Other nominees: Edley Drawhorn, Indian River State; Ganette Chism, Miami Dade; Savannah Clark, Miami Dade; Cheah Rael-Whitsitt, Miami Dade; Erna Normil, Florida SouthWestern; Tina Stephens, Florida SouthWestern