Josh Ruggles

  • Award
    Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/21/2018
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    Loras College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Wheaton, Ill.
  • High School
Men’s Basketball – Player of the Week
Josh Ruggles, Loras College
Jr., Guard, Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville South
  • The Duhawks picked up two conference wins on the week as Ruggles averaged 31.50PPG, 5.50RPG and 3.0APG.
  • In Loras’ 109-92 road win at Central on Monday, January 15th, Ruggles totaled 37-points, 8-rebounds and 4-assists.
  • He went 13-of-13 from the free throw line and 6-of-8 from three-point against the Dutch.
  • Ruggles tallied 26-points, 3-rebounds and 2-assists in the Duhawks 85-38 home win over Luther on Saturday, January 20th.
  • He continued his streak of consecutive free throws made going 3-of-3 while also connecting on 7-of-11 three-pointers against the Norse.
  • After Saturday’s win, Ruggles has made 56 consecutive free-throws and he is now tied for seventh all-time for 3-pointers in a single season with 63.
  • Ruggles now stands at 373 points this season and ranks 15th in Division III in total points.
  • At 92.2 percent, Ruggles' free-throw conversion rate currently ranks second all-time in program history as well as ninth in Division III.
  • In his last six games, Ruggles is averaging 24.3 points per game with five games of at least 20 points.
  • This is Ruggles second Player of the Week honor (1/21/18, 11/26/17).