LOU HENSON AWARD "PLAYER OF THE WEEK" HONORS

Feb. 27, 2012

BOSTON (MA) -- Penn's Zack Rosen earns the Lou Henson award national player of the week honors.

The 6-foot-1 senior scored Penn's last 16 points in a win at Dartmouth. He finished the game with 27 points. Twenty-four hours later he scored the Quakers final 9 points in the win over Harvard. Rosen's two free throws with 23.2 seconds remaining sealed the victory and broke Harvard's 28-game home court winning streak. He finished with 20 points.

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.

WEEKLY HONORS

Week 16 (Feb. 27) Zack Rosen, Penn
Week 15 (Feb. 20) Doug McDermot, Creighton
Week 14 (Feb. 13) Will Cherry, Montana
Week 13 (Feb. 6) Damian Lillard, Weber State
Week 12 (Jan. 30) J.P. Primm, UNC-Asheville
Week 11 (Jan. 23) Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount
Week 10 (Jan. 16) George Beamon, Manhattan and LaMarcus Reed, UT-Arlington
Week 9 (Jan. 9) Dominique Morrison, Oral Roberts
Week 8 (Jan. 2) Kyle Weems, Missouri State
Week 7 (Dec. 26) Alex Young, IUPUI
Week 6 (Dec. 19) Reggie Hamilton, Oakland
Week 5 (Dec. 12) Trey Harmon, Cleveland State
Week 4 (Dec. 5) Joe Ragland, Wichita State
Week 3 (Nov. 28) Doug McDermott, Creighton and Evan Roquemore, Santa Clara
Week 2 (Nov. 21) Caspar Ware, Long Beach State
Week 1 (Nov. 14) D'Aundray Brown, Cleveland State