Erik Stevenson joins elite company in West Virginia basketball history

Mar 7, 2023 - 2:15 PM

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West Virginia shooting guard Erik Stevenson won both the Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week awards for the Big 12 Conference in the final week of the regular season. The fifth-year senior averaged 25 points per game in the Mountaineers wins over Iowa State and then-#11 Kansas State. He also shot 48.7 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three-point range last week.

Stevenson has now scored 23 or more points in five consecutive games, which puts him among Jerry West, “Hot Rod” Hundley, Rod Thorn, and Wil Robinson as the only players to achieve that mark at WVU.

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The West Virginia basketball programs swept this week’s Big 12 Player of the Week Honors with fifth-year senior Erik Stevenson winning the men’s award and fifth-year senior Madisen Smith earning the women’s honor.

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