FARMINGTON, Utah (Jan. 30, 2024) – After yet another weekend with two impressive individual efforts, Northern Colorado’s Saint Thomas has been named Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league office announced today.
In what’s becoming a normal occurrence, Thomas stuffed the stat sheet against both Eastern Washington and Idaho as the Bears embarked on a two-game road swing.
Thomas averaged 20.0 points per game, 11.5 rebounds per game, 5.0 assists per game and 2.0 steals per game to pace the Bears in nearly every statistical category.
Against the Vandals, he drooped 20 points, pulled down 13 rebounds and dished out eight assists to finish just two assists shy of a triple-double. His eight assists in the contest marked a new career high.
Thomas is now the Big Sky’s leading scorer, as the forward from Omaha, Nebraska is averaging 20.0 points per contest. He’s also taken over as the league’s top rebounder, pulling down 10.0 rebounds per game on average.
This marks his sixth Player of the Week award this season, surpassing Weber State’s Dillon Jones for the most this season so far. Going into this past week, both players had been credited with five. Thomas and Jones will go head-to-head on Saturday as Northern Colorado welcomes Weber State to Greeley.
Others Nominated: KJ Allen (PSU), Zee Hamoda (SAC), Ethan Price (EWU), Terren Frank (UI), Robert Ford III (MSU), Brayden Parker (UM), Brandon Whitney (UM)
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Previous Winners
Week One (Nov. 14, 2023) –
Dillon Jones (WSU)
Week Two (Nov. 21, 2023) –
Dillon Jones (WSU)
Week Three (Nov. 28, 2023) –
Tyler Patterson (MSU) & Saint Thomas (UNC)
Week Four (Dec. 5, 2023) –
Money Williams (UM) & Saint Thomas (UNC)
Week Five (Dec. 12, 2023) –
Jake Kyman (EWU)
Week Six (Dec. 19, 2023) –
Dillon Jones (WSU)
Week Seven (Dec. 26, 2023) –
Saint Thomas (UNC)
Week Eight (Jan. 2, 2024) –
Dillon Jones (WSU)
Week Nine (Jan. 9, 2024) –
Dillon Jones (WSU)
Week Ten (Jan. 16, 2024) –
Robert Ford III (MSU) & Saint Thomas (UNC)
Week Eleven (Jan. 23, 2024) –
Saint Thomas (UNC)