DENVER – Idaho’s Stephen Madison has been named Western Athletic Conference men’s basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 17-23. The honor marks his fifth WAC player of the week award of the season.
Madison, a senior forward from Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS), led Idaho to a pair of wins last week, averaging 27.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game while shooting 68.0 percent from the field. The two wins put Idaho in position to earn as high as the No. 3 seed in the upcoming WAC tournament.
Madison celebrated his senior day with 34 points on 12-of-15 shooting (80.0 percent) while making 9-of-10 free throws, leading the Vandals to an 83-77 win over Grand Canyon. It was his third 30-plus point outing of the season. Madison’s 34 points Saturday leave him with 1,495 in his career and he is now in position to become Idaho’s fourth 1,500 point scorer and could finish as high as second in Idaho’s career points list. His 12 made field goals against GCU are the fourth most by a WAC player in a game this season, while his 34 points also rank fourth behind his 42 and 35 point performances earlier this season.
Madison scored 21 points with eight rebounds and four assists in a 96-88 non-conference win over Cal State Northridge earlier in the week. He shot 50 percent (5-of-10) from the field and hit 10-of-13 free throws in the game. He also recorded an assist and a block in the win.
Other nominees included: Bakersfield senior guard Issiah Grayson averaged 17.5 points as CSUB went 1-1 on the road ... Chicago State junior guard Clarke Rosenberg … Grand Canyon junior guard Jerome Garrison … Kansas City freshman guard Martez Harrison … New Mexico State junior guard Daniel Mullings … Seattle U guard Isiah Umipig … Texas-Pan American graduate guard Javorn Farrell … Utah Valley freshman forward Zach Nelson.