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. This is Thompson's fourth time winning the award this season. 

Men's Basketball Player of the Week: Keon Thompson, SFA – Sr. – G – Merrillville, Ind. (Merrillville High School)
Thompson averaged 20.0 points per game on the week, including his tenth 20-point game of the season in a home win over McNeese. He averaged six rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in addition to producing a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio. Thompson also shot 88.9% from the stripe in 18 attempts. The wins last week have Thompson and the Lumberjacks positioned with a two-game lead for first in the conference standings with seven games remaining on the schedule. 

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

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.