Southland Men’s Basketball Player of the Week: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Rashawn Thomas
Southland Conference
FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi forward Rashawn Thomas is the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by
UniversalCoin.com. The Conference made the announcement Monday.
Thomas, a senior from Oklahoma City, scored 32 points Wednesday at UIW on 14-of-19 shooting to fuel the Islanders’ 97-81 win. The 14 shots made from the floor is a career high for Thomas.
The 6-foot-8 forward followed Wednesday’s effort with 29 points in leading his team to a 70-63 home win against Lamar on Saturday. The offensive output Saturday came despite Thomas picking up his fourth foul with 10 minutes left in the game. Thomas’ stat line also includes seven rebounds and five blocked shots.
The wins last week are the sixth and seventh straight for AMCC, propelling the Islanders into sole possession of third place in league standings.
Thomas now has seven games with at least 20 points in his last eight contests, including three straight 20-plus point games.
The award is Thomas’ second Player of the Week recognition this season. He also claimed the honor for Week 12.
The following Southland Conference Men’s Basketball players received Honorable Mention for Week 15:
- Braxton Bonds, Houston Baptist
- Hayden Farquhar, Abilene Christian
- Davon Hayes, Southeastern Louisiana
- TJ Holyfield, Stephen F. Austin
- Jahvaughn Powell, Nicholls
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, Sam Houston State (11)
- Rashawn Thomas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12)
- Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas (13)
- Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas (14)
- Rashawn Thomas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (15)
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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.