DENVER – Utah State’s Brockeith Pane has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 7-13. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Pane.
Pane, a senior guard from Dallas, Texas (Oak Ridge HS), led Utah State to a season-opening 69-62 win against in-state rival Brigham Young. Pane scored a game-high 21 points with five assists, four rebounds and three steals. He connected on 6-of-10 field goals and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. For Pane, it is his fourth-career 20-point game and 23rd career double-figure scoring game.
Other nominees included: Fresno State sophomore guard Kevin Olekaibe … Idaho senior forward Djim Bandoumel … Louisiana Tech sophomore guard Cordarius Johnson … Nevada sophomore forward Kevin Panzer … New Mexico State sophomore guard Christian Kabongo.