FRISCO, Texas — SFA senior guard Keon Thompson has been named this week's Southland Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. Thompson is now a five-time winner of the award this season, earning recognition for the second straight week and the third time in the last four weeks. 
 

Men's Basketball Player of the Week: Keon Thompson, SFA – Sr. – G – Merrillville, Ind. (Merrillville High School)
Thompson scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half of SFA's road win at UTRGV. He shot 90% from the floor in the final twenty minutes as the Jacks snapped the Vaqueros' eight-game winning streak. His 12 made shots against UTRGV are a career-best effort. For the week, he averaged 24.5 ppg on 50% shooting along with 4.5 rebounds, four assists and 2.5 steals. Thompson's efforts helped the Jacks secure their 10th and 11th wins of the season to secure at minimum a double-bye in the Southland Men's Basketball Championship. 
Honorable mention: Javohn Garcia, McNeese

2025-26 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Players of the Week

Date	Player of the Week
Nov. 10	Keon Thompson, SFA
Nov. 17	Coleton Benson, New Orleans
Nov. 24	Davion Bailey, UIW
Dec. 1	Gianni Hunt, East Texas A&M
Dec. 8	Keon Thompson, SFA
Dec. 15	Tyshawn Archie, McNeese
Dec. 22	Davion Bailey, UIW
Jan. 5	Jalik Dunkley, Nicholls
Jan. 12	Jaylen Searles, Nicholls
Jan. 19	Rob Lee Jr., Lamar
Jan. 26	Keon Thompson, SFA
Feb. 2	Larry Johnson, McNeese
Feb. 9	Keon Thompson, SFA
Feb. 16	Keon Thompson, SFA

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.