Central’s Stubbs wins league basketball honor

Central College

PELLA—Central College’s Branden Stubbs (junior, Pleasant Hill, Des Moines Christian HS) has been named the Iowa Conference men’s basketball player of the week.

Stubbs, a 6-2 guard, tallied 17 points and 11 assists for his first season double-double in an 82-58 win at Martin Luther College (Minn.) Friday. Stubbs shot 46.2 percent from the field and also had three rebounds and two steals.

Stubbs is averaging a league-best 6.44 assists per game and is second in the league in scoring (16.6) and steals (1.78).

It’s the second time this season that a Central player has received the honor. Guard Nick Marinkovich (junior, Clarendon Hills, Ill., Hinsdale Central HS) was cited Nov. 26.

Central, 7-3 overall, has a break for the holidays before returning to action Jan. 5 with its conference opener at Coe College.