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