Dec. 7, 2015
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LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV senior Ike Nwamu has been named the Mountain West Men's Basketball Player of the Week for games through Sunday, Dec. 6, the league announced Monday. This is the first MW weekly accolade for Nwamu and the second straight for the Runnin' Rebels (Patrick McCaw earned last week's).
Nwamu, a 6-foot-5-inch guard from Greenboro, N.C., who came to UNLV this summer as a graduate transfer from Mercer, came up big in the Runnin' Rebels' only game of the week -- an 80-69 neutral-court victory over No. 15/16 Oregon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Friday.
Nwamu scored a game-high 19 points in UNLV's second top-15 victory of the season, which was also the second in its last three games. He was 7 of 9 from the field against the Ducks, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range.
His 19 points and five made 3-pointers are both season highs. Nwamu sealed the game by sinking a deep 3-pointer from the top with 1:25 remaining. He was 4 of 5 from long distance in the first half, scoring 14 points in 12 minutes.
The Runnin' Rebels (7-1) will play their first true road game of the season on Wednesday (Dec. 9) at Wichita State in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge. The 6 p.m. PT game will be televised by ESPN2.
