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RB Henry and Ex-RB Gilliam Earn C-USA
Awards Bonesville.net Staff
From C-USA Reports
 East
Carolina, which went on the road and defeated Cincinnati last Saturday to
improve to 5-0 in the Conference USA title race, swept two of the league's
three player-of-the-week awards.
Running back Leonard Henry, a Clinton senior, earned the
offensive award, and Christshawn Gilliam, a junior linebacker from Lewiston,
received the defensive honor after the Pirates hung on to beat the Bearcats,
setting the stage for a nationally-televised Thursday night showdown (ESPN,
7:30 p.m.) with 5-0 Louisville for the league lead.
Cardinals' return specialist Anthony Floyd was named
C-USA's Special Teams Player of the Week.
Here are summaries of the players' performances:
OFFENSE:
Leonard Henry, RB, East
Carolina
Henry ran for a career-high
234 yards and scored three touchdowns in ECU's 28-26 win at Cincinnati. The
yardage came on just 18 carries as he pushed his nation-leading yards per
carry average to 8.7. Henry tallied his seventh game this season with 100 or
more yards as he moved into second place on East Carolina's career rushing
list.
DEFENSE:
Christshawn Gilliam, LB,
East Carolina
Gilliam had two crucial
defensive plays in the Pirates win at Cincinnati. With the Bearcats
attempting an option run on a two-point conversion that would have tied the
game with 45 seconds remaining, Gilliam made a tackle that kept the runner
out of the end zone. Earlier in the game, he intercepted a Cincinnati pass
at the ECU 3 to thwart a potential scoring drive.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
Anthony Floyd, PR,
Louisville
Floyd returned a punt 52 yards
for a touchdown early in the second quarter to break open a 10-7 game and
ignite a decisive 24-0 run by the Cardinals in their win over Houston. - 30 -
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