A former UConn Huskies shooting guard and national champion continues to produce offensively for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Former UConn Huskies star Jordan Hawkins continued his consistent scoring output for the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.
Despite the shorthanded Pelicans losing 126-111 to the Atlanta Hawks, Hawkins dropped 19 points on 7-for-18 from the field to go along with three assists and three rebounds. He was averaging 17.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game heading into Sunday. Hawkins is getting the opportunity to start for the Pelicans right now because of injuries. Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, and Herb Jones are all currently out and the Pelicans have fallen to 3-4 after starting the year 2-0. Zion Williamson also missed Sunday’s game, but he is day-to-day with hamstring tightness.
Hawkins has continued his production in the face of New Orleans battling injuries, and it hasn’t hurt that he’s probably gotten more minutes as a result.New Orleans’ health or lack thereof will determine how many games the talented six-foot-five shooting guard ends up starting this season.Colin Keane is a contributing journalist for "UConn Huskies On SI." Born in Illinois, Colin grew up in Massachusetts as the third of four brothers. For his high school education, Colin attended St.
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