HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point University men's basketball forward Lorenzo Cugini and women's basketball guard Kaylah Keys have been named HPU student-athletes of the week for the week of Nov. 23-29.
 
Cugini averaged 15.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and shot 60 percent from the floor in a 1-1 week for the men's basketball team. On Wednesday at Georgia, the Stow, Ohio, native posted a game-high 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting and grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in 33 minutes of action. On Saturday vs. Morgan State, Cugini notched 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and dished out two assists in a win over the Bears. The senior hit a 3-pointer with 1:58 remaining to clinch the win for the Panthers.
 
Keys registered a career-high 34 points on the strength of seven three-pointers on Tuesday night in the Millis Center against Davidson. The guard accounted for more than half of the squad's points in the double-overtime contest. The Southaven, Miss. native then earned All-Tournament honors with 14.0 points per game as the Panthers took on UAB and Georgia Tech in the 2015 Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. The junior finished her week with 20.7 points per game while shooting at a .417 clip.
 
HPU student-athlete of the week honors will be given to one male and one female High Point University student-athlete each Monday throughout the 2015-16 academic year.
 
2015-16 HPU Student-Athletes of the Week
Nov. 30: Lorenzo Cugini (MBB), Kaylah Keys (WBB)
Nov. 23: John Brown (MBB), Kat Harris (WBB)
Nov. 16: Chris Ramsell (MSOC), Haley Barnes (VB)
Nov. 9: Johnny Fenwick (MSOC), Megan Kennedy (VB)
Nov. 2: Paddy Grandinali (MXC), Kelly Hayes (WXC)
Oct. 27: Johnny Fenwick (MSOC), Michele Micciche (WSOC)
Oct. 19: Emile Menard (MGOLF), Alex Persiani (WSOC)
Oct. 12: Chris Ramsell (MSOC), Camryn Freiberg (VB)
Oct. 5: Vinny Todaro (MXC), Kelsey Perrell (WSOC)
Sept. 28: Kody Palmer (MSOC), Gabi Mirand (VB)
Sept. 21: Justin Shear (MSOC), Tan Cheeranont (WGOLF)
Sept. 14: Avery Ryan (MSOC), Annemarie Chin (VB)
Sept. 7: Ben Hietala (MSOC), Kelly Hayes (WXC)
 
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