Cunningham claims BigV honours
3/05/2007
Bobby Cunningham has earned his first Player of the Week award for 2007 in style, logging 29 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists in his side's convincing win over Ringwood on Saturday night.
Cunningham helped his team grab their seventh win of the season and is the second Warrnambool player to win the award in as many weeks.
He was on fire in the first half of Saturday's clash, scoring 21 of 29 and finishing the night with 10/16 from the field at 62.5%. He was one assist short of a trademark TD.
This year Cunningham has averaged 20 ppg, is ranked tenth in the league for rebounds (eight per game) and is third in the league for assists with (6.8 per game).
Ash Cannan was unlucky not to win the weekly award, with 30 points, 14 rebounds and three assists in his side's loss to Werribee.
Other players to have missed out were Tigers pair Matt O'Hea and Darryl Corletto, Michael Petridis with another 30+ point performance and Pierre Jallow, who impressed in his first-up game for the Broncos.
Previous Weekly Winners:
Week 1: Adam Moore (Eltham)
Week 2: Darryl Corletto (Melbourne)
Week 3: Simon Conn (Sandringham)
Week 4: Luke McMillan (Ringwood)
Week 5: Lester Strong (Warrnambool)