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Oklahoma's De'Vion Harmon takes Big 12 Player of the Week honor

OU sophomore averaged 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in fueling the Sooners to two big victories
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Oklahoma's De'Vion Harmon takes Big 12 Player of the Week honor
Oklahoma's De'Vion Harmon takes Big 12 Player of the Week honor

Oklahoma sophomore guard De’Vion Harmon was named Big 12 Conference Co-Player of the Week on Monday.

Harmon led the Sooners to two top-10 victories by averaging 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting better than 50 percent from the field.

With two starters out in their home game Saturday with No. 9-ranked Alabama, Harmon took over the point guard duties for Austin Reaves and delivered 18 points, four assists, four rebounds and two steals in 38 minutes.

Earlier in the week, Harmon helped the Sooners to an upset victory at No. 5 Texas with 13 points and a career-high six rebounds.

Baylor's Davion Mitchell shared the Big 12 Player of the Week honor with Harmon, while Texas Tech's Mac McClung was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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