NSU | Gaston's early showing impresses teammates

NORFOLK, Virginia -- It's early, but Norfolk State's players are talking about who should win a postseason award.

Not surprisingly, he's one of their own.

Junior forward RaShid Gaston enters today's 2 p.m. game at Mount St. Mary's looking to extend a streak of five straight double-doubles, the latest of which propelled the Spartans (6-4, 2-0 MEAC) to an 88-69 league Monday win over Coppin State.

The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Gaston is second in the MEAC with 15.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and his 65-percent field-goal shooting leads the league.

Gaston, combined with junior shooting guard Jeff Short, whose 17.3 points per game top the league, provide NSU with a unique 1-2 punch.

"If the season was to end right now," Short said, "I think he's the (MEAC) Player of the Year."

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