This Week in WAC Men's Basketball - Dec. 16
This Week in WAC Men's Basketball - Dec. 16
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NM STATE'S QUEEN NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NM State senior guard Trevelin Queen has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 9-15. This is his first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Glen Burnie, Md. native averaged 17.0 points, 7.5 assists and 6.0 rebounds last week as the Aggies went 1-1. Last Tuesday, Queen put in 15 points and dished out seven assists to help the Aggies lock up their first road win of the season at Denver. Four days later in Albuquerque, N.M., he flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 19 points, seven rebounds and a career-best eight assists in the Aggies' narrow loss to the Lobos. Queen ranks in the Top 10 in the WAC in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.
Other nominees included: California Baptist's De'jon Davis finished with 16 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting to go along with 13 rebounds in a win over Bethune-Cookman ... Ronne Readus of CSU Bakersfield finished with 11 points and a WAC season-high 16 rebounds in an overtime loss at Idaho ... Grand Canyon's Lorenzo Jenkins tallied 15 points, three rebounds and two assists in a loss to UNI ... Javon Levi of UT Rio Grande Valley averaged 15.5 points, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals as the Vaqueros went 0-2 on the week ... Utah Valley's Trey Woodbury finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a loss to Northern Arizona.
QUICK HITS
California Baptist's De'jon Davis finished with 16 points on a perfect 7-of-7 from the field to go along with 13 rebounds in the Lancers' win over Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14 ... CSU Bakersfield's Ronne Readus posted his first double-double of the season with 11 points and a WAC season-high 16 rebounds in an overtime loss at Idaho on Dec. 14 ... UT Rio Grande Valley's Javon Levi finished with a career-high 21 points and a career-high-tying eight field goals at Omaha on Dec. 15 ... Utah Valley's Trey Woodbury tallied his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 boards against Northern Arizona on Dec. 14 ... Grand Canyon's Alessandro Lever became just the second active player in the WAC with 1,000 or more points against Liberty on Dec. 8 ... UTRGV's Lesley Varner II posted career highs in points (33), field goals made (10), three-pointers made (4), rebounds (13) and minutes played (43) against Sam Houston State on Dec. 3 ... NM State's C.J. Bobbitt sunk three free throws to hand UTEP its first loss of the season on Dec. 3 as the Aggies defeated the Miners for the 10th time in the last 11 meetings ... Seattle U's Morgan Means scored his 1,000th career point against Western Michigan on Nov. 26 ... CSU Bakersfield's Taze Moore tallied his first collegiate double-double against Hampton, posting 16 points and 10 rebounds to go with four assists and two blocks ... Seattle U's Terrell Brown finished just shy of a triple-double (17 points, eight rebounds, eight assists) in a win over Western Michigan ... NM State's Jabari Rice was named to the 2019 Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game over the three games ... Turnovers (27) proved costly for CSU Bakersfield, which fell on the road against 8th-ranked Gonzaga, 77-49, despite out-rebounding the Bulldogs 37-27 ... GCU's Lever had 19 points and 10 rebounds against Fordham for his fourth career double-double and first this season ... The Wolverines have been hit by the injury bug as the team dressed just eight players in a win at North Dakota State ... CBU's Davis was named to the 2K Empire Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-best 17.0 points per game and 9.0 rebounds per game ... Kansas City's Rob Whitfield was named to The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase All-Tournament Team after scoring a career-high 29 points vs. East Carolina and tying the most three-pointers for a Roo in that game since he had seven in December of 2018 ... Kansas City posted a three-game win streak, the longest in two years ... GCU's Lever had the second-most first-half points of his career (18) in the win over UAPB ... UTRGV's Jordan Jackson earned all-tournament team honors at the Islander Invitational after averaging 19.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game ... Seattle U's Myles Carter poured in a career-high 37 points on 11-of-12 shooting and 15-of-17 from the free throw line against Pacific (Ore.). He also matched his career high with 15 rebounds in the game ... Kansas City's Brandon McKissic scored a career-high 27 points in win against Avila, including 23 in the first half ... Against Western New Mexico, NM State's Rice topped his career-high in points before the first half came to a close and ended the night with a team-high 21 points ... Utah Valley's Isaiah White scored a career-high 25 points with a career-high 13 rebounds for his first-ever double-double against Westminster ... CSU Bakersfield's Shawn Stith racked up 26 points and eight boards against South Dakota State. He got to the free throw line 25 times and sank 22 of his attempts ... Seattle U's Brown was just shy of a triple double with a 16-point, 8-rebound, 9-assist effort against Pacific Lutheran. He then scored a career-high 31 points against Eastern Washington on Nov. 9 for the first 30-point game by a Redhawk since Dec. 4, 2017 ... in UTRGV's loss to South Dakota State, Levi had four steals, as many steals as SDSU's entire team.
WAC STAT LEADERS
California Baptist leads the WAC in scoring (80.2), scoring margin (8.1), free throw percentage (77.6), three-point field goal percentage (37.6), rebounding (40.5), assists (14.4), defensive rebounds (30.0) and three-pointers per game (10.2), while CSU Bakersfield is tops in field goal percentage (45.2), rebounding margin (9.5) and offensive rebounds (14.0). UT Rio Grande Valley leads the WAC in steals (9.1), turnover margin (5.8) and assist-turnover ratio (1.1), while NM State is tops in scoring defense (64.4) and rebounding defense (29.2). Seattle U leads the WAC in field goal percentage defense (40.5) and three-point field goal percentage defense (28.3), while Utah Valley is tops in blocks (6.1).
Individually, Seattle U's Terrell Brown leads the WAC in scoring (20.9), while California Baptist's De'jon Davis is tops in rebounding (8.5), field goal percentage (59.5) and defensive rebounds (6.0). UT Rio Grande Valley's Javon Levi leads the WAC in assists (7.7), steals (3.4) and assist-turnover ratio (3.2), while teammate Connor Raines is tops in three-point field goal percentage (57.9). California Baptist's Ty Rowell and Ferron Flavors Jr. are tops in free throw percentage (90.0) and three-pointers per game (3.1), respectively. Utah Valley's Emmanuel Olojakpoke leads the league in blocks (2.9), while Kansas City's Javan White is tops in offensive rebounds (2.8) and Grand Canyon's Jovan Blacksher Jr. leads the league in minutes per game (35.7).
UTRGV'S LEVI CLIMBING PROGRAM STEALS LIST
UT Rio Grande Valley junior Javon Levi currently ranks fifth in program history in career steals with 168. He is eight shy of third place and 15 away from second.
SEATTLE U'S HAYFORD EARNS 400TH CAREER VICTORY
Seattle U head coach Jim Hayford picked up the 400th win of his career on Nov. 12 against Pacific. He is 404-209 (.659) overall and 44-34 in four years at Seattle U.
SUMMIT LEAGUE LEADS SUMMIT LEAGUE/WAC CHALLENGE 4-3
In the second year of The Summit League/WAC Challenge, The Summit League leads 4-3. The Challenge features head-to-head competition between the teams in both leagues. Match-ups were set based upon factors including the previous year's achievements, records and NET rankings, as well as projected rankings in the upcoming season.