Green moves into NCAA scoring lead
Lehigh guard C.J. McCollum, a preseason All-American who had been leading the nation in scoring, will be sidelined eight to 10 weeks because of a broken left foot.
McCollum, who has been projected to be taken in the first round of the NBA draft this year, was injured Saturday with 5:37 left in the first half of a loss at VCU and did not return to the game. He scored just four points, 21.7 points below his average entering the game.
Virginia Tech’s Erick Green has moved into the national scoring lead with an average of 24.6 points. McCollum has dropped to second at 23.9 points, with Creighton’s Doug McDermott third at 23.1 points.
Players must play in 75 percent of their team’s games to be eligible for that category, so McCollum will eventually fall out of the rankings while sidelined.
Lehigh is hopeful McCollum could return for the final game of the regular season or for the Patriot League tournament.
McCollum was fifth nationally in scoring last season and had 30 points in Lehigh’s upset victory over Duke in the NCAA tournament.
Green isn’t the only familiar name among the Division I statistical leaders. William Fleming graduate Jamelle Hagins of Delaware leads the nation in rebounding (12.7 rpg) and William Fleming graduate Troy Daniels of VCU leads the nation in 3-pointers (4.3 per game).
The AP contributed to this post.
January 7, 2013 - 5:50 PM
Wow, that TOTALLY justifies Weaver’s decision to fire/hire at the moment he did! I guess this means glory for the rest of the season! 12-20.
Hey Crooked, All that means is that Green can now take the role like L. Thomas did with the chokie football program and play hero all the time! After all these sorry chokies can’t shoot 3′s all the time and refuse to play any defense at all!! Yet the chokie nation accepts this? What a joke!!
Hey chippy, you are the joke. Nobody cares what you think. Why not try a positive direction for a change. Get back in your can, you are getting stale. Cr may not be your best choice for role model . Chokie on that!
Hey Short Coach, I see that the chokies choked again like normal! I guess your one of the loyal chokie nation that can make any excuse for this sorry team and pitiful play this season? No wonder sorry fans like yourself accept this crap of a team and back them. You must be kidding to think that the beloved chokie nation will go somewhere after all you sorry fans can believe your the best but the rest of world knows that the chokies are a sorry excuse of a team and fans like yourself will accept anything to not accept the fact that your beloved chokies will go nowhere and like the typical chokie fan would say: “Uh, we still tried and lost, but its ok because we are still the best and it doesn’t matter if we lose all our games!!” Short coach go choke on it you sorry chokie lover!!!