SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Shooting at an elite rate in Gonzaga's win over Campbell last week, Braden Huff won this week's West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. Also garnering a conference award for the second time this season, Ace Glass of Washington State won West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week.
WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – BRADEN HUFF, JR., F – GONZAGA
Braden Huff (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) totaled 57 points on 73.5 percent (25-for-34) shooting from the field. He added 14 rebounds and two blocks during wins over Campbell and Oregon. Against Campbell, Huff tallied a career-high 37 points on 16-for-18 shooting, including connecting on his first 12 consecutive shots. Only one other Division I player in the last eight seasons has made 12 shots in a half without a miss, according to ESPN. Huff matched his prior career high of 26 points by halftime. His 16 made shots from the field were the most in McCarthey Athletic Center history, the most by a player in the West Coast Conference so far this season and fourth-most in the nation. Huff's 37 points were the second most in the conference this season and the most by Zag since Julian Strawther's 40 points at Portland in 2023. Huff added 20 points in the victory over Oregon in Portland Sunday. This is the second time that Huff has won conference player of the week and the Bulldogs now own four conference weekly awards this season.
Also Nominated: Myron Amey Jr., LMU; Joshua Dent, Saint Mary's; Joel Foxwell, Portland; Josiah Lake II, Oregon State; Elijah Mahi, Santa Clara; Austin Maurer, Seattle U; Styles Phipps, Pepperdine; Elias Ralph, Pacific; Eemeli Yalaho, Washington State
WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – ACE GLASS, FR., G – WASHINGTON STATE
Ace Glass (Rialto, Calif.) delivered back-to-back double-digit performances, including a team-high 24 points in the nonconference finale victory against Mercer. Glass posted a career-high five assists in the win over Eastern Washington, earning his ninth double-digit performance in 11 games. The true freshman tallied his fifth 20-point game of the season against Mercer, including shooting 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. Glass finished the two-game stretch shooting 56 percent from the floor with 10 rebounds, four steals, seven assists and a block. This is the second conference weekly award for Glass and the Cougars this season.
Also Nominated: Joel Foxwell, Portland; Allen Graves, Santa Clara; Jaion Pitt, Pacific; Dillan Shaw, Saint Mary's
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
November 10: Josiah Lake II, Oregon State
November 17: Graham Ike, Gonzaga
November 24: Myron Amey Jr., LMU
December 1: Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
December 8: Braden Huff, Gonzaga
December 15: Graham Ike, Gonzaga
December 22: Braden Huff, Gonzaga
West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Freshmen of the Week
November 10: Joel Foxwell, Portland
November 17: Liam Campbell, Saint Mary's
November 24: Joel Foxwell, Portland
December 1: Ace Glass, Washington State
December 8: Allen Graves, Santa Clara
December 15: Joel Foxwell, Portland
December 22: Ace Glass, Washington State