After leading Seattle University to back-to-back road victories over Utah Valley and Grand Canyon, former Kentridge High School basketball player Brendan Westendorf has been named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week by both the league office and College Sports Madness.
Jan. 28 against Utah Valley, the 6-foot-5 guard tied his season high with 20 points, shooting 7 of 13 from the field, including 2 of 4 from behind the three-point line, and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. Westendorf hit a three-pointer to begin a 15-1 Redhawk scoring run in the first half that gave Seattle the lead for good, scoring seven points total during that stretch. He also collected six rebounds, five assists, three steals and a blocked shot.
Two nights later against Grand Canyon, Westendorf shot 7 of 14 from the field as he scored a team-high 14 points. He also pulled down seven rebounds, dished out four assists and earned three steals. His jumper with 7 minutes 19 seconds remaining in regulation gave the Redhawks their first lead since the first basket of the game. Westendorf earned a steal and layup one minute later to extend Seattle’s lead to 53-49. Westendorf who broke through a triple-team and took the shot that led to the game-winning tip-in with four seconds left, ending Grand Canyon’s 12-game winning streak and handing the Antelopes their first conference loss of the season.
Westendorf currently leads the team with 12.1 points, 4.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game, as well as 5.1 rebounds per game. He is second in the conference in three-point field goal percentage for all games at 43.9 percent (36 of 82), and he is third in the WAC in both assists and steals.
Westendorf is the first Seattle U men’s basketball player to receive the conference’s weekly award since William Powell was named WAC Player of the Week Feb. 23, 2015.
Westendorf, a redshirt junior, played two years at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake before transferring to Seattle University last fall.
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