Eugene McCrory Recipient of First SSC Player of the Week Honor

MELBOURNE, Fla. - University of Tampa senior, Eugene McCrory earns his first SSC Men's Basketball Player of the Week honor of 2014-15.

McCrory was selected SSC Player of the Week from a pool of nominees for his performance during the week of February 23 to March 1 and will be nominated for USBWA National Player of the Week honors.

The 6-8 center from Washington D.C. scored 18 point and pulled down eight boards on the road against No. 1 Florida Southern. McCrory showed efficiency against the Moccasins going 7-8 from the field and a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line.

McCrory and the Spartans then hosted No. 9 Barry for their senior night. In his final home game, McCrory was able to post 18 points and 15 rebounds (career high) as Tampa went on to beat Barry, 73-68. He played 39 of the 40 total minutes in the win that allowed the Spartans to jump to the three seed for the SSC tournament.

In the two games vs. top-10 ranked teams, McCrory averaged 18.0 points and 11.5 rebounds while shooting 15-25 (60 percent) from the field. He also average 32.5 minutes per game in Tampa's final two regular season games.

2015 - 2015 SSC Men's Basketball Players of the Week
Nov. 17: Corbin Jackson, Florida Tech
Nov. 24: Adrian Gonzalez, Barry
Dec. 2: Kevin Capers, Florida Southern
Dec. 8: Chris Page, Nova Southeastern
Dec. 15: Tyler Kelly, Florida Southern
Dec. 22: Anders Haas, Barry
Jan. 5: Yunio Barrueta, Barry
Jan. 12: Yunio Barrueta, Barry
Jan. 19: Jordan Davis, Tampa
Jan. 26: Yunio Barrueta, Barry
Feb. 2: Chris Page, Nova Southeastern
Feb. 9: Kevin Capers, Florida Southern
Feb. 16: Aaron Harrison, Lynn
Feb. 23: Jordan Davis, Tampa
Mar. 2: Eugene McCrory, Tampa