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 54,364 Number of Student-Athletes that competed in an NJCAA sport during the 2008-09 academic year.
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NJCAA Men's Basketball Players of the Week (Jan. 7)
January 7, 2009
Gulf Coast's Reese, Lackawanna's Ashton and Sandhills' Bostic Garner NJCAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors
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Reese, a 6'7" sophomore from Laurel Hill, Fla., powered Gulf Coast to three wins last week, culminating with an 86-82 upset of previously undefeated and No. 5 ranked Northwest Florida State on Jan. 3. A pair of 30-point performances served as bookends to Reese's week, one in which he averaged 22.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists. In his first game of the week, the pre-season All-American was 6-for-11 behind the three-point line and finished with 30 points in a win over Aiken Tech. On Jan. 3, his two free throws with 12 seconds left in the game capped another 30-point performance and sealed the Commodores' win in its conference opener. 
Ashton, a 6'3" guard from Washington, D.C., scored 77 points in two games over the Christmas break for Lackawanna. In a four-point loss to Cecil (Md.) on Dec. 19 he scored 37 points on 14-of-30 shooting, including seven of 15 from three point range. Then on Dec. 20 in a eight-point loss to Monroe (N.Y.) he tallied 40 points on 15-of-27 shooting from the field (four of nine from three) and six of nine from the charity stripe. 
Bostic, a 6'2" guard from Hamlet, N.C., stepped up for Sandhills head coach Aaron Denton with a big performance on Jan. 3 when the Flyers desperately needed it. With only seven players available for the contest, Bostic took the game in his hands by scoring 50 points in route to a 92-83 win over Johnston (N.C.). Bostic scored 35 points in the first half and didn't miss his first shot until after scoring his 27th point with 4:49 left in the half. He made his first seven shots from the field, six of which were three-pointers. He finished shooting 18-for-32 from the field, including nine for 13 from three-point range, and five of six from the free throw line. He also had nine rebounds and dished out two assists in the contest.