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MWC Men's Basketball Player of the Week San Diego State's Billy White honored.
Feb. 25, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State freshman forward Billy White has been named the Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. White, a Las Vegas, Nev., native, led the Aztecs to wins at Wyoming (79-68) and at home against league-leading BYU (69-65) last week, averaging a double-double and shooting close to 74 percent from the field. At Wyoming, he collected his second career double-double, scoring a game-high 19 points and adding a career-high and game-high 12 rebounds in 32 minutes of action. White scored 17 of his 19 points after intermission, shooting 6-of-7 from the field and 5-for-5 from the charity stripe. For the game, he connected on 7-of-8 field goals, while adding two assists and one steal. Against BYU, White scored 15 points and collected game-highs in rebounds (eight) and blocked shots (a career-best four), and a game-high tying three steals and two assists. He connected on 7-of-11 shot attempts vs. the Cougars. For the week, White averaged 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting 73.7 percent from the field (14-for-19) and 75 percent from the free throw line (6-for-8).
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