New England Prep Stars Athlete of the Week:
Tyler Nelson ‘14 Central Catholic (MA) Boy’s Basketball

Posted: January 03 2012

Central Catholic (Lawrence, MA) guard Tyler Nelson '14 is our player of the week for his efforts in the Greater Lawrence Holiday tournament last week.

Nelson took home tournament MVP honors as he scored 24 points and dished out five assists in the championship win over Lawrence.

Not only did Nelson go 16-for-16 from the free throw line in the championship, he nailed two big third quarter 3-pointers and had two pretty precise backdoor assists in the fourth quarter to help seal the win for Central.

Nelson stepped his game up even more as starting guard Luis Puello was injured with an ankle injury and out of the championship game.

In the semi final round win over Pinkerton Academy Nelson drained five 3-pointers and finished the game with 17 points and 6 rebounds.