{"id":6320,"date":"2013-12-10T08:25:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6320"},"modified":"2013-12-10T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T13:25:57","slug":"jackson-kent-selected-as-caa-rookie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6320","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Kent Selected as CAA Rookie of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=6321\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?fit=1024%2C692&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,692\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?fit=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?fit=1024%2C692&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6321\" alt=\"LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?resize=590%2C399\" width=\"590\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LCDNITLIFFMNIMP.20131120033930.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Jackson Kent, a 6&#8217;7&#8243; freshman guard for the Dukes, won the CAA Rookie of the Week award yesterday. Kent averaged 11 points per game in the Lumberjack Classic, hitting on 3 of 5 from downtown and 11 of 14 from the charity stripe. As we mentioned previously, Kent&#8217;s play has been a silver lining thus far in the young season. This is hopefully the first of many honors for Jackson during his JMU career. Read all about it and the other top performances in the CAA (including Charles Cooke stellar play) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caasports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&amp;ATCLID=209335513&amp;DB_OEM_ID=8500\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6320&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson Kent, a 6&#8217;7&#8243; freshman guard for the Dukes, won the CAA Rookie of the Week award yesterday. Kent averaged 11 points per game in the Lumberjack Classic, hitting on 3 of 5 from downtown and 11 of 14 from the charity stripe. As we mentioned previously, Kent&#8217;s play has been a silver lining thus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[144,415],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8289,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8289","url_meta":{"origin":6320,"position":0},"title":"Win Over Delaware Gets JMU to .500 in CAA Play","date":"January 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU picked up its first road win of CAA play this year with a 73-63 defeat of Delaware. The Dukes are now even at 1-1 in the CAA and 11-4 overall. The Blue Hens fell to 0-2 in the CAA and 5-8 overall. 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