Men's Basketball

Malik Thomas Takes Fourth WCC Player Of The Week Honor

Mikey Lewis of Saint Mary's wins second WCC Freshman of the Week award

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Scoring 34 points for the second straight week helped Malik Thomas of San Francisco win Heluva Good Dip West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the fourth time this season and the second straight week. Another repeat Conference award winner this week, Mikey Lewis of Saint Mary's won Heluva Good Dip WCC Freshman of the Week for the second time this season.  
 
HELUVA GOOD DIP WCC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MALIK THOMAS, SR., G – SAN FRANCISCO
Malik Thomas propelled San Francisco to an 89-81 win at Pacific last Thursday, finishing with a game-high 24 points, and also added four rebounds and two steals. Last Saturday, Thomas scored 27 of his game-high 34 points in the first half at Washington State. Thomas finished one point shy of his career high, padding the stat sheet with three rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block against the Cougars. Thomas has tallied double figures in 15 of San Francisco's 17 games so far, including nine 20-point performances and three 30-point performances. Thomas has now also won Player of the Week in three of the last four weeks.

Also Nominated: Khalif Battle, Gonzaga; Elijah Fisher, Pacific; Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's; Jevon Porter, LMU; Michael Rataj, Oregon State; Carlos Stewart, Santa Clara; Stefan Todorovic, Pepperdine; Lejuan Watts, Washington State

HELUVA GOOD DIP WCC MEN'S BASKETBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – MIKEY LEWIS, FR., G – SAINT MARY'S
Mikey Lewis scored 14 points in a 30-point win over Pepperdine, and 12 in a 23-point win over Portland last week. A huge contributor off the bench for the Gaels, Lewis now boasts 150 points scored this season, the 14th-most points scored by any freshman under Randy Bennett. He has amassed this scoring total at only the halfway point in the season. Lewis owns three of Saint Mary's six Conference weekly awards this season.  

Also Nominated: Vincent Delano, Portland; Tony Duckett, San Diego; Jaxon Olvera, Pepperdine; Tyrone Riley IV, San Francisco; Tomas Thrastarson, Washington State; Ja'Quavis Williford, Oregon State

Heluva Good Dip WCC Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
November 11: Malik Thomas, San Francisco
November 18: Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
November 25: Cedric Coward, Washington State
December 2: Jevon Porter, LMU
December 9: Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
December 16: Malik Thomas, San Francisco
December 23: Michael Rataj, Oregon State
December 31: Malik Thomas, San Francisco
January 6: Malik Thomas, San Francisco

Heluva Good Dip WCC Men’s Basketball Freshmen of the Week
November 11: Tyrone Riley IV, San Francisco
November 18: Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
November 25: Andrew McKeever, Saint Mary's
December 2: Austin Rapp, Portland
December 9: Andrew McKeever, Saint Mary's
December 16: Jaxon Olvera, Pepperdine
December 23: Jaxon Olvera, Pepperdine
December 31: Austin Rapp, Portland
January 6: Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's