St. John’s Guard Harrison Wins Big East Award

D'Angelo Harrison was named Big East Rookie of the Week. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

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January 9, 2012Updated: October 1, 2015

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St. John's v Arizona — D'Angelo Harrison was named Big East Rookie of the Week. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

St. John’s Red Storm (8-7) guard D’Angelo Harrison was named Big East Rookie of the Week Monday, according to a release by the conference.

The freshman guard scored 24 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 39 minutes of play Tuesday, a 73 – 58 home loss to Louisville. On Saturday he played all 40 minutes in the Red Storm’s 57 – 55 win at Cincinnati, tallying 18 points and 7 rebounds.

For the season, Harrison leads all Big East freshman in scoring with 16 points per game and is second among all players in conference-play at 21 points per contest.

Harrison is the first St. John’s recipient of the award since guard Darryl Hill in February of 2004.