The Associated Press announced its national players of the week in men’s and women’s basketball for Week 18 of the season. On the men’s basketball side:
The 6-foot-9 freshman became the second player to earn AP national player of the week honors twice this season after helping the top-ranked Blue Devils close out the ACC regular-season crown last week. Boozer started off with 26 points on 8-of-10 shooting with nine rebounds and six assists in a rout of N.C. State, then had 26 points, 15 boards and five assists in a win over North Carolina.
Boozer, who is expected to be among the top three picks in the upcoming NBA draft, also was the national player of the week on Dec. 9, joining Brayden Burries of Arizona as the only two-time winners this season. Boozer also has been the runner-up for the award on two occasions and an honorable mention pick two other weeks.
Runner-up
Camren Hunter, Central Arkansas. The 6-3 senior averaged 34.3 points over three games over three days in the Atlantic Sun tourney last week. He started with 31 points in a win over Bellarmine, then had 23 points and eight rebounds a day later in a win over Florida Gulf Coast. He closed with eight 3-pointers and 49 points in a 98-93 loss to Queens in the championship game.
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Honorable point out
Hannes Steinbach, Washington; Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt; Kanon Catchings, Georgia.
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Jaiden Glover-Toscano, St. Joseph’s. The sophomore had 23 factors and 9 rebounds in a win over Davidson, then had 15 factors and 5 boards in a win over La Salle. That clinched St. Joseph’s the No. 3 seed within the Atlantic 10 Event this week.
And on the ladies’s facet:
The junior wing led No. 3 Texas to its first Southeastern Convention Event championship. Within the title recreation win over South Carolina, Booker had 18 factors, going 8 of 15 from the sector. She added 4 rebounds and two assists. She averaged 19.3 factors, 8.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists within the match.
Runner-up
Jordan Harrison, No. 12 West Virginia. She led the Mountaineers to the Large 12 Event championship, incomes Most Excellent Participant honors. Harrison had 21 factors, six rebounds, 4 assists and three steals in title recreation win over TCU. Harrison averaged 15.3 factors, 3.3 steals and three.3 assists within the match whereas hitting all 14 of her foul photographs.
Honorable point out
Hannah Hidalgo, No. 22 Notre Dame; Tania Mair, No. 8 Duke; Kiki Rice, No. 2 UCLA; Sarah Sturdy, No. 1 UConn.
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Fairfield junior guard Jillian Huerter averaged 12.7 factors, 3.7 3-pointers and a couple of.3 rebounds to assist the Stags win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Convention for the third consecutive yr. She was named MVP of the match.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
