Player of the Week
Kaleb Smith, UC Riverside | Redshirt Freshman • Forward • Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. |
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UC Riverside redshirt freshman Kaleb Smith averaged 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in two wins to earn The Big West Player of the Week award, presented by Hercules Tires. It is Smith's first career weekly honor.
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The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. product shot 62.5 percent (15-for-24) from the field and 68.8 percent (11-for-16) from 3-point range in the two victories.
- On Thursday, the Highlander forward recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a 84-74 home victory over Cal State Fullerton.
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In Saturday's regular-season finale, Smith scored 28 points with six rebounds in an 81-64 road triumph at UC Santa Barbara.
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UC Riverside finished the regular season with a 15-17 overall record and a 10-10 conference mark. Smith will go into the postseason averaging 7.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
Also Nominated: De'Sean Allen-Eikens (CSUN), DJ Brewton (Cal State Fullerton), Bent Leuchten (UC Irvine), Justin McKoy (Hawai'i), Elijah Pepper (UC Davis), Josh Pierre-Louis (UC Santa Barbara), Kobe Sanders (Cal Poly), Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (UC San Diego);
2023-24 Big West Men's Basketball Weekly Winners |