SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Davidson’s Stephen Curry has been named the Southern Conference Player of the Week for all games December 9-15 the league office announced Tuesday (Dec. 16).  Curry helped Davidson improve to 8-1 on the season with wins over West Virginia (68-65) and Chattanooga (100-95) last week.  The junior guard averaged 34.0 points and 8.0 assists per game last week.  He also added five steals and two blocked shots.  The player of the week is selected by a vote of the league’s basketball sports information directors.

Curry, who leads the nation in scoring with 31.9 points per game, scored all 10 of Davidson’s points in a decisive 10-4 run as the Wildcats defeated West Virginia at Madison Square Garden last week.  He then scored 41 points, including a school-record 31, in the second half of Davidson’s 100-95 victory over Chattanooga on Saturday.  He has scored at least 40 points a school-record five times in his career.  Curry is 11^th in the nation in assists per game (6.8 apg) and ranks 15^th in steals per game (2.9 spg).

Davidson is ranked 20^th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and 22^nd in the Associated Press Poll.  The Wildcats will face No. 18/13 Purdue on Saturday (Dec. 20) in Indianapolis as part of the Wooden Tradition. 

Other top performers in the Southern Conference included Chattanooga’s Stephen McDowell, The Citadel’s Cameron Wells, and Western Carolina’s Jake Robinson.

SoCon Men’s Basketball Player of the Week

Nov. 18 ? Stephen Curry, Davidson

Nov. 25 ? Stephen Curry, Davidson

Dec. 2 ? Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston

Dec. 9 ? Stephen Curry, Davidson

Dec. 16 ? Stephen Curry, Davidson