DENVER ?“ Nevada guard Marcelus Kemp has been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference men?™s basketball player of the week for November 21-27.
Kemp, a sophomore from Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS), averaged 24.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in Nevada?™s two wins on the road at Vermont and UNLV. Kemp, who missed all of last year due to a torn ACL, came off the bench to score a career-high 24 points in both games. Against UNLV, he scored 20 points in the second half. For the week, he had three assists and was 17-of-26 (.654) from the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range, and 11-of-12 (.917) from the free throw line.
The other nominations were junior guard/forward Ja?™Vance Coleman, Fresno State; junior forward Ahmet Gueye, Hawai'i; senior guard Corey Dean, Louisiana Tech; sophomore forward Tyrone Nelson, New Mexico State; senior forward Demetrius Brown, San Jose State; and senior center Cass Matheus, Utah State.