Mississippi Sate’s Reggie Perry and Rickea Jackson Take Top Honors for College Basketball

March 9, 2020

Mississippi State power forward Reggie Perry, an SEC player of the year candidate, and Lady Bulldog freshman sensation Rickea Jackson won the fan voting portion of the 2020 C Spire Howell and Gillom Trophies, which annually honor the top male and female college basketball players in Mississippi, it was announced Saturday.

Perry, a sophomore from Thomasville, Georgia, received 5,437 votes from fans, which counts for a weighted 10 percent of the award. Tougaloo College senior forward Ledarius Wood, a first-time finalist, finished second with 2,911 votes and University of Mississippi senior guard Breein Tyree, a two-time finalist, finished third with 2,479 votes.

Jackson, a freshman forward from Detroit, Michigan, received 6,409 votes while Delta State senior forward Quantesha Patterson finished second with 4,206 votes and Lady Bulldog teammate and sophomore forward Jessika Carter garnered 2,350 votes to place third. Jackson posted one of the best freshman seasons in program history and is one of the top newcomers in college basketball.

Perry, a top 10 finalist for the Karl Malone Award conferred on the nation’s top power forward by the Naismith Hall of Fame, is the only SEC player to rank among the league’s top 10 in points (17.2 – 6th), rebounds (9.9 – 1st) and blocks (1/2 – 9th). Jackson, a three-time SEC player of the week selection, is among league leaders in scoring (14.5 – 11th) and is the only freshman in the conference to score 30 points in a game this season.

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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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