LOGAN — Utah State's Gary Wilkinson has been named the Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 10-16, it was announced Monday by the conference office. The honor marks the first career WAC Player of the Week award for Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, a senior from South Jordan(Bingham High/Salt Lake Community College), led the Aggies to a season-opening 71-50 win against Montana State-Northern on Friday. He scored a career-high 24 points and added 12 rebounds in the victory. He played just 27 minutes, was 10-of-11 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line. Overall, it was his eighth career double-double and fifth career 20-point game. Wilkinson also dished out a pair of assists in the game.