Sam Houston State Guard Dewey Takes Player of the Week Honors
Southland Conference
2016-17 Southland Men's Basketball Week 12 Notes (PDF)
FRISCO, Texas - Sam Houston State University's John Dewey III is the Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, presented by
UniversalCoin.com. The Conference made the announcement Monday.
The sophomore from the Bronx, NY, averaged 16.4 points and 6.5 assists in two games that helped the Bearkats run their winning streak to six games.
Dewey Hit 60 percent of his shots from the floor and nailed six of nine tries from behind the arc. He hit four of six triples on his way to 14 points, eight assists with just one turnover on Thursday in a 22-point win over Lamar.
The playmaking guard followed that game with a 19-point effort in a double-digit win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, adding five assists and a pair of steals while hitting seven of his nine shots from the floor.
Dewey leads the Southland Conference in assists with 5.5 per game.
The following Southland Conference Men's Basketball players received Honorable Mention for Week 11:
- Nate Frye, New Orleans
- Moses Greenwood, Southeastern Louisiana
- Jorden Kite, UIW
- Sabri Thompson, Northwestern State
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)
- John Dewey III (11)
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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.