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December 28,
2011
IONA'S SCOTT MACHADO RECEIVES MID-SEASON HONORS
BOSTON (MA) -- After helping Iona to the second-best
start in school history, Scott Machado earns the Lou
Henson Award mid-season honors.
The 6-foot-1 senior leads the nation in assists
(10.1) and has record seven double-doubles this
season including a 10 assist – 10 rebound effort in
a win over William & Mary. Iona’s career-assist
leader has had some impressive performances this
season, including 15 assists and just 2 turnovers in
a road win over Richmond and 15 assists and no
turnovers in a win over Maryland.
Machado is also averaging 14.3 points per game. He
had a career-high 33 points in Iona’s win over Saint
Joseph’s earlier this season. In the same game
Machado became the first Iona player to record 600
or more career assists. He’s just the fifth player
in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference history to
reach 1,200 career points scored and 600 career
assists.
The preseason Lou Henson All-America selection is
also averaging 4.8 rebounds per game.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the
top Mid-Major player in Division I college
basketball. The award is named in honor of Lou
Henson who retired after a spectacular coaching
career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game
in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I
wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both
Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12
coaches in the history of the game to take two
schools to the Final Four.
The winner of the 2012 Lou Henson Award will be
announced on March 30 in New Orleans, site of the
NCAA men’s basketball championship. Butler’s Matt
Howard was the recipient of the 2011 award. |
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