NORFOLK, Va. – Trey Porter, a redshirt junior on the ODU men’s basketball team, was named Conference USA Player of the Week, as announced by C-USA officials on Sunday night.
Porter (Woodbridge, Va.) averaged a double-double in two ODU wins, which ultimately secured second place in next week's conference tournament. He averaged 23.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 block per game for the week.
Against FAU, Porter went for 29 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and one block. Against FIU, he scored 18 points, hauled down 13 rebounds, had three steals, two assists and one block. The six-foot ten-inch forward helped lead ODU to a 24-6 overall record and a 15-3 mark in C-USA play.
The No. 2 seeded Monarchs will await the winner of the No. 7 seed North Texas versus the No. 10 seed LA Tech for a Quarterfinal matchup. Thursday’s Quarterfinal contest will begin at 9:30 ET/8:30 CT and will air on Stadium/Twitter.
CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
ODU has won eight of its last nine, 12 of its last 14 and 19 of its last 22 contests.
C-USA Players of the Week
N13: Jon Elmore, Marshall
N20: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
N27: Chris Cokley, UAB
D4: Jon Elmore, Marshall
D11: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
D18: Ajdin Penava, Marshall
D26: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
J2: Roosevelt Smart, North Texas
J8: Darius Thompson, WKU
J16: Roosevelt Smart, North Texas
J22: C.J. Burks, Marshall
J29: Ronald Delph, Florida Atlantic
F5: Brian Beard, FIU
F12: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
F19: C.J. Burks, Marshall
F26: Jon Elmore, Marshall
M4: Trey Porter, Old Dominion/Jon Davis, Charlotte
The complete C-USA release is attached.