DENVER – Hawai‘i’s Roderick Flemings has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 9-15. The honor marks the second career WAC Player of the Week award for Flemings.
Flemings, a senior from Dallas, Texas (Weatherford College), helped the Rainbow Warriors to a 2-0 record last week with wins over Southern Utah and McNeese State. Flemings tallied 23 points and 12 rebounds in UH’s 65-48 season-opening win over Southern Utah. He recorded his second straight double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a 73-65 victory over McNeese State.
On the week, Flemings averaged 18.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He shot 55.6 percent from the field (15-of-27).
Other nominees included: Boise State junior guard La’Shard Anderson … Fresno State freshman center Greg Smith … Louisiana Tech sophomore guard Olu Ashaolu … Nevada sophomore forward Luke Babbitt … New Mexico State sophomore center Hamidu Rahman … and Utah State junior guard Tyler Newbold.