TicketSmarter WAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Announced
DENVER – Seattle U's Darrion Trammell has been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for February 1 through February 7.
Trammell, a sophomore guard from Marin City, Calif., posted back-to-back 30-point games in a road split at Dixie State. The sophomore shot .500 from the field, .571 from three-point range and .769 on free-throws led the Redhawk offensive effort. On Friday night, he posted 30 points on 10-of-22 shooting, adding five rebounds, six assists and a pair of steals but Dixie State eked out a one-point win. He followed that up with another 30 points on Saturday, adding three steals and a block as the Redhawks earned a 77-56 win. On the season, Trammell leads the league with 28.7 points per game in conference play and his 3.3 steals per game are also a WAC-best against league foes.
Other nominees included: California Baptist's Gorjok Gak led the Lancers with 15.5 points per game as the Lancers took a win from NM State on Friday before falling on Saturday night … Dixie State's Hunter Schofield averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as the Trailblazers split a pair at home against Seattle U … NM State's Jabari Rice averaged 18.5 points per game on .667 shooting as the Aggies split a pair of WAC-games with California Baptist … Tarleton's Tahj Small posted a near quadruple-double in the Texans' 97-26 rout of Southwestern Adventist, scoring 15 points to go with eight rebounds, eight steals and seven assists … UT Rio Grande Valley's Javon Levi dished out seven assists in a loss at Texas Southern to move into the WAC's top-ten with 565 career dimes.