NAU's Shelton Named #BigSkyMBB Player of the Week
FARMINGTON, Utah (January 4, 2021) – Northern Arizona junior guard Cameron Shelton scored a career-high 30 points and posted an impressive stat line through three games to earn his first Big Sky Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honor.
Over the three games for the Lumberjacks last week, Shelton averaged 24.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 5.0 assists and shot 42.9 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from three-point range, and 84 percent from the free throw line.
Northern Arizona opened the week with a road game at #1 Gonzaga. Shelton led the Lumberjacks in their loss against the Bulldogs with a near double-double posting 20 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
In a conference sweep of Idaho last week, Shelton helped lead his team to victory with two strong road performances. He posted 24 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists on Thursday’s 78-65 win followed by 30 points, six rebounds, seven assists, and three steals on Saturday in the 83-78 overtime win.
Shelton has now scored 20 or more points in six consecutive games and is the first Lumberjack to score 30 points in a game in nearly two years.
He is the first Lumberjack to earn Big Sky weekly honors since Bernie Andre on Feb. 26, 2019.
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Other Nominees: Gabe Quinnett, Idaho; Seikou Sisoho Jawara, Weber State; Tre’Shon Smoots, Northern Colorado; Ethan Esposito, Sacramento State; Amin Adamu, Montana State; Robby Beasley III, Montana
Previous #BigSkyMBB Players of the Week
Dec. 28 – Brayden Parker, Idaho State
Dec. 21 – Tanner Groves, Eastern Washington
Dec. 14 – Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Dec. 7 – Maizen Fausett, Southern Utah
Nov. 30 – Xavier Bishop, Montana State