TicketSmarter WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Alessandro Lever has been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 13 through Jan. 19.
Lever, a junior center from Bolzano, Italy, had a pair of big games to lead the Lopes to a pair of road wins at Chicago State and Kansas City. Against the Cougars, the post scored 25 points to go with six rebounds and a block in a 14-point win. He followed that up with 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists in a three-point win at Kansas City on Sunday. On the season, he is averaging 15.5 points per game with 5.6 rebounds per game and a .539 shooting clip.
Other nominees included: California Baptist's Ferron Flavors Jr. scored 21 points in a non-conference win over Bethesda on Friday night … CSU Bakersfield's Justin Edler-Davis averaged 18.0 points per game with 5.0 rebounds per game in road wins at Kansas City and Chicago State … Kansas City's Jordan Giles averaged 16.0 points per game in a pair of close home losses to CSU Bakersfield and Grand Canyon … NM State's Ivan Aurrecoechea scored 19 points and brought down 11 rebounds to lead the Aggies to a road win at Seattle U … Seattle U's Terrell Brown averaged 16.5 points per game with 7.0 assists per game and 5.5 rebounds per game in a home win over UT Rio Grande Valley and a loss to NM State … UT Rio Grande Valley's Lesley Varner II led UTRGV in scoring in a pair of road losses at Seattle U and Utah Valley … Utah Valley's Isaiah White scored the game-winning shot in a 72-70 win over UT Rio Grande Valley to finish with 12.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg in a home split.