DENVER - Seattle U sophomore forward William Powell has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 16-23. This is his first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Huntsville, Ala., native averaged 14.0 points on 60 percent shooting from the field and 80 percent shooting at the free throw line, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game as the Redhawks went 2-0 on the week. Powell opened the week with a career-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting to go along with six rebounds, two assists and a steal against Missouri-Kansas City. On Saturday against Chicago State, he finished with 11 points, eight rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
Other nominees included: Bakersfield's Javonte Maynor averaged 18.0 points on 57.1 percent shooting as the Roadrunners went 2-0 on the week ... Royce Woolridge of Grand Canyon averaged 14.0 points and 4.5 rebounds as the Antelopes went 1-1 on the week ... UMKC's Martez Harrison averaged a WAC-best 20.0 points to go along with 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals ... Daniel Mullings of New Mexico State averaged 13.5 points, 3.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks as the Aggies won the WAC regular-season title with a pair of wins ... Texas-Pan American's Shaquille Hines averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals over two games last week ... Marcel Davis of Utah Valley averaged 13.0 points on 54.5 percent shooting, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds as the Wolverines went 1-1 on the week.