WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Announced
WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Announced
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DENVER – Grand Canyon junior forward Alessandro Lever has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 16-22. This is his first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the second of his career.
The Bolzano, Italy native averaged 21.0 points on 82.6 percent shooting, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week as the Lopes went 1-1. Last Tuesday, Lever logged his fifth career double-double with 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting to go along with a career-high 11 rebounds in a loss at New Mexico. He followed it up with 24 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a steal in a win over Eastern Illinois. For the week, Lever was 19-of-23 from the field.
Other nominees included: California Baptist's Milan Acquaah averaged 21.5 points, 8.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds as the Lancers went 2-0 on the week ... Taze Moore of CSU Bakersfield averaged 11.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists as the 'Runners went 2-0 on the week ... Kansas City's Jordan Giles averaged 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals as the Roos went 2-0 on the week ... Johnny McCants of NM State averaged 10.5 points and 3.0 rebounds as the Aggies went 2-0 on the week ... UT Rio Grande Valley's Quinton Johnson II finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists in a loss at Texas Tech ... Isaiah White of Utah Valley averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1,5 steals on the week.