D-Fenders News: Terrence Williams Named D-League Player Of The Month

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As the former NBA D-League Performer of the Week earlier in January, Terrence Williams was named the NBA Development League Player of the Month. Williams has scored in double figures ten times in January including his franchise record 50 points on January 31. The former NBA player is making a big name for himself in the D-League this season by averaging 21.8 points and 5.9 assists per game.

Check out the press release below via Los Angeles D-Fenders:

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2014 – Los Angeles D-Fenders guard/forward Terrence Williams was today named NBA Development League Player of the Month for games played in January.  The award is the first of Williams’ career.

Williams (6-6, 220, Louisville) averaged 21.5 points on 42 percent shooting from the floor to go with 6.1 assists and 4.8 rebounds in January, appearing in 12 of the team’s 13 games.  For the month, the D-Fenders were an NBA D-League best 10-3.

Williams scored in double figures 10 times in January and set a D-Fenders record with a 50-point outing against the Idaho Stampede on Jan. 31.

For the season, Williams is averaging 21.8 points, good for seventh in the NBA D-League, along with 5.9 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 36.9 minutes in 13 games, 12 starts.  His 50-point outing was the second-highest single-game point total this season.

Additional players considered for the award included Austin’s Josh Howard, Delaware’s Tiny Gallon, Idaho’s Pierre Jackson, Maine’s Frank Gaines, Rio Grande Valley’s Troy Daniels, Santa Cruz’s Cameron Jones, Sioux Falls’ Justin Hamilton and DeAndre Liggins, Springfield’s Darius Johnson-Odom, Texas’ PJ Hairston and Tulsa’s Reggie Williams.

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