AP Faculty Basketball Gamers of the Week: Arizona's Burries, Vanderbilt's Blakes

[ad_1] The Related Press introduced its nationwide gamers of the week in males's and ladies's basketball for Week 17 of the season. On the lads's basketball facet:

The 6-foot-4 freshman guard is the primary participant to earn AP nationwide participant of the week honors twice this season after a stellar two-game stretch. Burries led the Wildcats to a minimum of a share of the Huge 12 regular-season title by averaging 22.0 factors, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. He scored 24 factors with 4 assists in an 87-80 win at Baylor. He adopted up with 20 factors, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and no turnovers in an 84-61 win over No. 14 Kansas. Burries was named participant of the week in Week 13 and provides Arizona three participant of the week honors after fellow freshman Koa Peat earned it the opening week of the season.

Runner-up Mikey Lewis, No. 21 Saint Mary’s. The 6-3 sophomore had 31 factors, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal in Saturday’s 70-59 win over No. 12 Gonzaga to offer the Gaels a share of the West Coast Convention regular-season crown. He made 10 of 21 photographs from the ground and seven of 13 from 3 within the recreation. Lewis additionally had 21 factors and 7 assists in Wednesday’s win towards Santa Clara to assist the Gaels shut the week on an eight-game win streak.

Honorable point out Latrell Wrightsell Jr., Alabama; Nick Martinelli, Northwestern; Seth Trimble, North Carolina.

Control Ty Harper, Oral Roberts. The 6-3 guard scored 47 factors in a win over Denver on Thursday. Harper made 12 of 24 photographs from the ground, and hit all 21 of his free throws to interrupt the Summit League document. He adopted with 27 factors in a win at Kansas Metropolis on Thursday. The senior leads ORU with 17.9 factors per recreation heading into this week's Summit League event.

And on the ladies's facet:

Mikayla Blakes, Iowa The sophomore guard led No. 5 Vanderbilt to wins over Alabama and Tennessee final week, averaging 34.5 factors, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists. She is the primary SEC participant previously 26 years to have scored 30 or extra factors in a dozen video games. She had 34 factors towards Tennessee and 35 towards Alabama.

Runner-up Olivia Olson, No. 8 Michigan. She led the Wolverines to wins over then-No. 13 Ohio State and 14th-ranked Maryland. Olson, a sophomore, had a career-high 31 factors, together with the game-winning layup in additional time, within the victory over the Buckeyes. She additionally had 9 rebounds and 4 assists in that win. She adopted that up with a 28-point effort towards the Terrapins.

Honorable point out Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame; Marta Suarez, No. 10 TCU; Riley Weiss, Columbia.

Control Marquette junior guard Skylar Forbes averaged 21.5 factors, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in wins over Windfall and Xavier. She had 24 in a highway win over Windfall, two off her profession excessive. She scored 12 of her 19 factors within the first half of a win over Xavier.