BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Justin Wright

North Carolina Central Guard Justin Wright
6-1, Sophomore, Greenville, N.C.

Averaged 25.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game, and shot 49 percent from the field in two wins for the Eagles last week. Scored a career high 32 points and hit the game-tying three pointer against Delaware State (2/19) to send the game into overtime. Twenty of his 32 points came in the final 25 minutes of the game and he was 10-of-20 from the field and 4-of-9 from three-point range.

Wright leads the Eagles and is seventh in the MEAC in scoring (13.3). Played at Farmville Central High School (N.C.) where he helped lead his team to a state championship in 2019 and was named MVP of the championship game.

 

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