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FSU Basketball Player of the Week: Montay Brandon

The 2014-15 men’s basketball season for Florida State is just eight games old, but through the early parts of the season, there is no doubt as to which Seminole has made the biggest strides since last season. For the second time in three weeks, junior slasher Montay Brandon is the Florida State Basketball Player of the Week.

Brandon earns the honors for the week of December 1st through the 7th after averaging 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in home games against Nebraska and UCF.

Brandon finished with just nine points and four rebounds in Monday’s 70-65 loss to Nebraska in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, but followed that up with the best game of his career. In a dominating 96-73 victory for Florida State over UCF on Saturday, Brandon scored a career-high 23 points on 10-for-12 shooting from the field and grabbed a game-high 6 rebounds.

Early on this season, Brandon leads the Seminoles in field goal percentage, rebounding and minutes. Brandon is shooting 65 percent from the floor and grabbing 6.4 rebounds-per-game in more than 32 minutes. Brandon ranks second for FSU in scoring and steals with 13.4 points and 1.1 steals-per-game.

About Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson is a Bloguin contributor, the editor of Noled Out and a lifetime Florida State sports enthusiast. Mike vividly remembers watching Warrick Dunn run down the sideline in Gainesville in 1993, the "Choke at Doak" in 1994 and Monte Cummings' driving layup to beat #1 Duke in 2002. Mike has worked as a sports reporter in both print and online. For isportsweb in 2013, Mike gave press coverage of Florida State football's run to the 2013 national championship. Mike has been featured on SI.com, FoxSports.com and Yahoo Sports while interviewing major sports stars such as 2013 National League MVP Andrew McCutchen. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a major in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike currently resides in Haines City, Florida with his wife Jennifer and daughters Trinity and Greenly. Mike is a full-time reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger, in Lakeland, Florida. Mike can be followed on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.

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