Hiram Thompson honored

From the WAC's Jason Erickson:

Hawai'i's Hiram Thompson has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 8-14. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Thompson.

Thompson, a senior guard from Sacramento, Calif. (Oak Ridge HS), led Hawai'i to a pair of wins against Montana State and Cal State Fullerton. Thompson scored a career-high 21 points and added six rebounds with four assists in 24 minutes of action in the 77-59 win over Montana State. He connected on 8-of-9 field goals, including all three of his three-point attempts. Thompson tallied 18 points and seven assists against Cal State Fullerton. He scored 17 of his 18 points in the second half, including nine during the decisive 14-0 game-ending run that gave UH the 84-70 victory.

On the week, Thompson averaged a team-high 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. He also shot 66.7 percent (12-of-18) from the field, including a 5-of-7 clip from three-point range.

Other nominees included: 

* Boise State senior guard La'Shard Anderson
* Fresno State senior forward Nedeljko Golubovic
* Idaho junior forward Djim Bandoumel
* Louisiana Tech junior forward Olu Ashaolu
* Nevada freshman guard Deonte Burton
* New Mexico State junior forward Troy Gillenwater
* San Jose State senior guard Adrian Oliver
* Utah State junior guard Brockeith Pane.