Over half of the times the MVC Newcomer of the Week award has been handed out this season, its gone to a Bluejay. This week, P'Allen Stinnett wins it for the second time. From the official press release:
Creighton freshman P'Allen Stinnett has been named the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. This marks the fifth time in nine weeks this year that a Bluejay newcomer has been recognized, and it is Stinnett's second accolade (also Nov. 12, 2007).
Before the season, there was excited talk about how P'Allen would be a special player...eventually. He showed flashes of it over the non-conference slate, with a bushel of highlight dunks and a couple of big-time performances in key games. But to win the award after a week in which his coach publicly called him out and threatened to bench him, a week in which a local radio host openly speculated whether he was on his way out and might transfer, and a week in which he fouled out in just 15 minutes...
Well, he just might be something special already. But don't take my word for it. LetsGoBears.com, a fan site of Missouri State, had this to say upon their first experience of P'Allen in person:
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