ST. LOUIS – University of Evansville junior guard Ned Cox was named the Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Cox played in all 29 games for Evansville this year while making two starts.  He averaged 9.3 points per game.
 
“Ned is a very giving player for us, for three years he has been a role player off of the bench for us and he has been very gracious in accepting that,” head coach Marty Simmons said.  “It is such a luxury to have a sixth player with his abilities coming off the bench for us.”
 
After averaging 7.3 PPG a season ago, Cox saw his average rise by two points.  He has ten double-digit scoring efforts, led by a pair of 20-point outings.  In a November contest at Illinois Chicago, he set his career mark with 24 points as he hit 9-of-13 shots.
 
He followed that up with a 22-point performance at Indiana State where he was a perfect 4-4 from long range.  Cox made two starts for the Aces, scoring 16 points against Oakland City before leading Evansville with 17 points in a start in the regular season finale against Missouri State.
 
Cox is the second player from Evansville to be named Sixth Man of the Year.  Curt Begle picked up the honor in 1999.