UNO’s St. Hilaire Tabbed Southland Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
FRISCO, Texas – New Orleans’ Derek St. Hilaire is the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Weekly awards are presented by
GEICO.
The graduate guard averaged 21.6 points per game to help the Privateers to a 2-1 record last week, extending his streak of games with at least 20 points to five. St. Hilaire shot 50 percent from the field (23-of-46), 43.8 percent from three (7-of-16) and a perfect 12-of-12 from the free-throw line across the three contests.
The Privateers (3-4) picked up wins over Central Arkansas (90-63) and VMI (79-71) in the UNO Classic but dropped a 68-66 decision to Presbyterian. UNO returns to the court against Texas A&M at 6 p.m. CT Tuesday before visiting Louisiana at 7 p.m. Friday.
Men’s Basketball Player of the Week – Derek St. Hilaire, New Orleans – Graduate – Guard – Atlanta, Ga.
After a cold start against Central Arkansas, St. Hilaire led a second-half surge with 18 of his 22 points in the final 20 minutes on 7-of-9 shooting. The Privateers dropped 55 points in the second half to pull away, 90-63. He did most of his damage from the free-throw line against Presbyterian, sinking all eight attempts from the stripe, to finish with 21 points. St. Hilaire scored the team’s final six points to keep it neck-and-neck before the Blue Hose hit the buzzer-beater.
He finished out the week with another 22-point outing against VMI, hitting 8-of-15 from the field and 4-of-10 from three and tallying five rebounds and three steals. St. Hilaire averaged three rebounds per game and tallied an assist in each matchup. This is his second career weekly honor.
Honorable Mention: Devante Carter, Nicholls; Isaac Mushila, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
2021-22 Southland Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Nov. 29 – Derek St. Hilaire, New Orleans
Nov. 22 – Isaac Mushila, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nov. 15 – Ty Gordon, Nicholls