West Georgia forward Stephan Thompson (JR, 6-4, 230, Milwaukee, WI) is the season’s first
Noah Basketball Gulf South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. The junior led UWG to a 3-0 start by sweeping all three games in the Mayaguez Basketball Classic in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Thompson started three games in three days, averaging 19.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals in 29.3 minutes while shooting 58.3 percent from the field. The Milwaukee, WI native poured in 22 points in just 22 minutes of the Wolves’ 67-50, season-opening win over Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Next, he notched a double-double behind 14 points and 11 rebounds in a 63-61 triumph versus Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and capped the weekend with 22 points and nine boards in a 54-52 win over Puerto Rico-Bayamon.