Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Tai Wesley named WAC POW

Utah State’s Tai Wesley has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2. The honor marks the fourth career WAC Player of the Week award for Wesley.

Wesley, a senior forward from Provo, Utah (Provo HS), led Utah State to a pair of WAC home wins last week against Hawai‘i (74-66) and San Jose State (80-71). Against the Rainbow Warriors, Wesley posted his fourth double-double of the season and 13th of his career as he tied his career-high with 27 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Wesley, who played a career-high 38 minutes in the game, was 8-of-12 from the field and a perfect 11-of-11 at the free throw line, tying a single-game school record for free-throw percentage. Against the Spartans, Wesley added 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three blocks as he was 5-of-6 from the field and 6-of-8 at the free throw line.

On the week, Wesley averaged 21.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game. He shot 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the field and 89.5 percent (17-of-19) from the free throw line.
Other nominees:
* Boise State senior guard La’Shard Anderson
* Fresno State sophomore center Greg Smith
* Idaho sophomore center Kyle Barone
* Louisiana Tech senior guard DeAndre Brown
* Nevada junior forward Dario Hunt
* New Mexico State junior forward Troy Gillenwater

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