It’s been a great year to be an undersized point guard who is capable of scoring in bunches. In the NBA, Isaiah Thomas is one of the best stories of the 2016-17 season, as the 5’9 Celtics guard has turned into the league’s premier crunch time killer this year. In college hoops, there is Marcus Keene, who you should get to learning about as soon as possible.
Keene is a 5’9 junior guard for Central Michigan. On Tuesday, he led his team to a 97-87 win over Ohio, one in which he had 41 points on 15-for-25 shooting.
This, based on the total number of points and the fact that he hit 60 percent of his shots from the field (Keene also went 9-for-18 from three), is excellent. It’s especially noteworthy because he did something that no player has been able to do over the last decade: score 40 or more points in a game five times in a season.
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Marcus Keene scores 40 Pts for the 5th time this season, passing Fredette and Curry for most 40-Pt games in a season (last 10 seasons).
On the season, Keene is leading the NCAA with 30.2 points per game. He’s also averaging 5.1 assists and 4.5 rebounds a night, so he’s impacting the game in a few ways beyond “getting buckets in ways that make us laugh.” Basically, if you find yourself scrolling through your television and you see a Chippewas game on, stop and watch for a little, because odds are Keene is about to put on a show.
Source: DIME on UProxx