- West Florida guard Rashaan Benson Florida (Memphis, Tenn.) is the GSC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. He also received the honor Dec. 1.
- Benson averaged 14 points, 7.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds during the week. He also had a block and a steal.
- In Thursday’s loss to Lee, Benson scored 14 and assisted three baskets.
- He had a career-high 11 assists in Saturday’s 94-92 loss to Shorter, the 11th most in UWF history. He scored 14 points to record his first double-double and extend his streak to six games scoring in double figures.
- Benson is now fourth in the GSC with 4.1 assists per game.
- West Florida (3-15, 2-13 GSC) will travel to Delta State on Thursday or a 7 p.m. tipoff and Mississippi College on Saturday or a 4 p.m. game.
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
Yr. |
G |
MIN |
FGM-FGA |
3FGM-3FGA |
FTM-FTA |
REB |
AST |
BLK |
STL |
PTS |
| Rashaan Benson |
UWF |
Fr. |
2 |
71 |
11-29 |
2-5 |
4-6 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
28 |
OTHER NOMINATIONS: Adam Dieball (CBU), Brett Warner (DSU), Tavaras Tolliver (UNA), Jake Jobling (UWA).