Barton’s Walker named KJCCC Player of the Week for second straight week
For the second straight week and third time this season, Ahmad Walker of the Barton Community College men's basketball team has been named the KJCCC Player of the Week for his performances last week. After shooting over 56% from the field the previous week, Walker had an even better week shooting 61.5% from the field including 66.7% from beyond the arc and 80% from the charity stripe. Setting a new career high with thirty-two points in Barton’s two-point win versus Dodge City, Walker’s twenty-four point week average increased his Jayhawk West leading average to 20.5 points per contest. Scoring sixteen points and eleven rebounds last Saturday in Barton’s five-point win at Garden City, Walker recorded his fourth double-double in the last eight games finishing the week averaging 9.5 rebounds and three assists per game.
For the second straight week and third time this season, Ahmad Walker of the Barton Community College men's basketball team has been named the KJCCC Player of the Week for his performances last week. After shooting over 56% from the field the previous week, Walker had an even better week shooting 61.5% from the field including 66.7% from beyond the arc and 80% from the charity stripe. Setting a new career high with thirty-two points in Barton's two-point win versus Dodge City, Walker's twenty-four point week average increased his Jayhawk West leading average to 20.5 points per contest. Scoring sixteen points and eleven rebounds last Saturday in Barton's five-point win at Garden City, Walker recorded his fourth double-double in the last eight games finishing the week averaging 9.5 rebounds and three assists per game.
For the season the Port Washington, New York, native ranks first in the Jayhawk West averaging 20.4 points per game while grabbing a seventh best 7.2 rebounds per game. Walker also has led the Cougars in assists in all but seven of his twenty-two games at 5.6 dimes per contest to rank second in the West and fourth in steals at 1.8. Walker also ranks in the top ten in field goal percentage (52.8%) and free throw shooting (75.1%).
Most recently, Walker helped the Cougars to two straight wins over ranked opponents improving to 22-5 on the season and half game out of share of the Jayhawk West tilet at 10-3. In Barton's 86-78 win over No. 6 Butler Community College, Walker just missed his eighth double-double of the season scoring seventeen points and nine assists. Knocking down 13-of-14 from the charity stripe on Wednesday, Walker led the Cougars with twenty-two points and four assists in an 86-73 at No. 21 Hutchinson Community College to secure Barton's first sweep of the Blue Dragons since 1999 and consecutive wins at the Sports Arena for the first time in school history.
Winning four straight within its tough four-game seven-day stretch, the Cougars will get a much needed week's rest before hosting Colby Community College at 7:30 p.m. on Homecoming festivity night taking place on Wednesday, February 18.