Lamar Forward Colton Weisbrod Claims Player of the Week Honors
Southland Conference
2016-17 Southland Men's Basketball Week 11 Notes (PDF)
FRISCO, Texas – Lamar forward Colton Weisbrod is the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by
UniversalCoin.com. The Conference made the announcement Monday.
The junior from Nederland, Texas, recorded his seventh and eighth double-doubles of the season this past week. He scored 26 points and pulled down 13 rebounds Wednesday in an 87-72 home win over UIW. The six-foot, 5-inch Weisbrod followed Wednesday’s performance with a 21 point, 10 rebound effort Saturday in a narrow loss at Abilene Christian.
Weisbrod now has a conference-leading eight double-doubles in 2016-17, three of them coming in league play.
The following Southland Conference Men’s Basketball players received Honorable Mention for Week 10:
- Paul Baxter, Sam Houston State
- Mathieu Kamba, Central Arkansas
The Southland Conference Players of the Week so far in the 2016-17 season:
- DeAndre Harris, Nicholls (Week one)
- Marlain Veal, Southeastern Louisiana (two)
- Ja’Dante’ Frye, Nicholls (three)
- Erik Thomas, New Orleans (four)
- Chris Galbreath, SHSU (five)
- Chris Galbreath, SHSU (six)
- Joey Frenchwood, Lamar (seven)
- DeAndre Harris, Nicholls (eight)
- Josh Ibarra, Houston Baptist (nine)
- Colton Weisbrod, Lamar (10)
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here for previous Men’s Basketball Player of the Week announcements.
Each school’s sports information director nominates and votes for the players of the week, and is not permitted to vote for his or her own student-athlete. To receive honorable mention, a player must receive votes from 25 percent of the Southland sports information directors.