DENVER ? San Jose State’s C.J. Webster has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 22-28. The honor marks the second career WAC Player of the Week award for Webster.
Webster, a junior from Missouri City, Texas (Texas State), helped the Spartans to a 2-1 record last week with wins over San Francisco and William Jessup. Webster scored a season-high 20 points and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds in SJSU’s 82-76 win over San Francisco. He contributed 15 points with five rebounds against Saint Mary’s while shooting 70 percent (7-of-10) from the field. Webster registered a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in an 82-61 win over William Jessup. Webster was named to the Shamrock Office Solutions Classic all-tournament team for his efforts against Saint Mary’s and William Jessup.
On the week, Webster averaged 16.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He shot 64.7 percent from the field (22-of-34) and 50 percent from the charity stripe (6-of-12).
Other nominees included: Boise State junior Anthony Thomas scored 20 points, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out five assists in a road win over San Diego ... Fresno State junior Sylvester Seay averaged 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a pair of games at the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic ... Hawai?i forward Roderick Flemings averaged 19.0 points and 5.0 rebounds as UH went 1-1 last week ... New Mexico State sophomore Jahmar Young posted a season-high 30 points with a career-high seven three-point field goals in a win over Loyola Marymount ... Utah State sophomore Tai Wesley scored 18 points, including the game-winning basket with 0.1 seconds remaining to propel USU to a 66-64 win against in-state rival Utah.