DALLAS (SMU) --- SMU guard Jon Killen was named Conference USA Player of the Week in men’s basketball. The senior co-captain from Arlington, Texas, earns his first award and is the first Mustangs since Bryan Hopkins in Dec. 2005 to take the league honor.
Jon Killen averaged 21.5 points, 6.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and a steal while hitting 50 percent (16-of-32) on field goals and 41.7 percent (10-of-24) on 3-pointers. For the week, Killen either made (16) or assisted (12) on 28 of SMU’s 43 field goals while playing 79 of 85 possible minutes with just four turnovers. In the Mustangs’ 69-67 overtime win against previously in-league unbeaten UCF, Killen finished with a career-high 28 points to lead the Mustangs and had the assist on Bamba Fall's game-winner with 22.8 seconds left. In overtime, he had a field goal and assisted both other SMU baskets. Killen scored 15 points on five three-pointers in the final 15 minutes of regulation as SMU rallied from a 13-point deficit. Killen finished with seven assists and six rebounds for the game while hitting 10-of-17 from the field and 7-of-13 from 3–point range. His seven three-pointers were one shy of the school-record held by Hopkins.
In C-USA games, Killen is leading the league in assists (7.25), second in assist/turnover ratio (2.90), second in minutes played (35.75), fifth in 3-pointers (3.25), eighth in scoring (15.
, and 13th in steals (1.50).
The Mustangs next game is at Tulsa on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. The game is nationally televised on CSTV.
