Yoeli Childs Wins Second Consecutive WCC Player Of The Week Honor
Mar 2, 2020, 12:51 PM | Updated: 12:53 pm
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PROVO, Utah – BYU forward Yoeli Childs took home the final West Coast Conference Player of the Week honor of the season. Now, will it lead to a WCC Player of the Year nod tomorrow?
This is Childs’s second straight week being named WCC Player of the Week and the fifth time in his storied career. In BYU’s lone game this past week against Pepperdine, Childs was unstoppable. The senior star and Karl Malone Award candidate had 38 points and 14 rebounds as BYU took down the Waves by a score of 81-64.
Congrats to @yochilds22 on repeating as WCC Player of the Week!!#BYUhoops #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/IjcyamIeuA
— BYU Basketball (@BYUbasketball) March 2, 2020
With the win, BYU closed out the month of February with a perfect 8-0 record and Childs led the Cougars every step of the way.
The 38 points against Pepperdine were a career-high for Childs who became only the second player in West Coast Conference history to eclipse 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. Childs joins former San Francisco and NBA star Bill Cartwright as the only players in the WCC to hit those career milestones.
With the regular season now over, Childs and the No. 15 ranked BYU Cougars will wait until Monday, March 9th for their next game in WCC Tournament in Las Vegas.
2019-20 WCC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
March 2 – Yoeli Childs, BYU
February 24 – Yoeli Childs, BYU
February 17 – Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
February 10 – Jahlil Tripp, Pacific
February 3 – Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
January 27 – Kameron Edwards, Pepperdine
January 20 – Corey Kispert, Gonzaga
January 13 – Charles Minlend, San Francisco
January 6 – Jahlil Tripp, Pacific
December 31 – Ryan Woolridge, Gonzaga
December 23 – Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
December 16 – Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s
December 9 – Eli Scott, LMU
December 2 – TJ Haws, BYU
November 25 – Isaiah White, Portland
November 18 – Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
November 11 – Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
