Weber State’s Jones Receives Fifth Player of Week Honor This Season
Feb 28, 2023, 3:13 PM | Updated: Mar 4, 2023, 9:10 pm
OGDEN, Utah – Dillon Jones secured the final Big Sky Player of the Week for the 2022-2023 regular season.
It is Jones’ fifth time receiving the honor this year.
Can NOT be stopped 😤@drizzydj23 earns the final POTW honor of the regular season 👏#ExperienceElevated pic.twitter.com/La0uH3XTZz
— Big Sky Conference (@BigSkyConf) February 28, 2023
In the last three games, Jones averaged 22 points, 11.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and shot 61% from the field.
The Wildcats went 2-1 in those games, only losing to the Big Sky’s No. 1 seed Eastern Washington Eagles.
DJ gets it started!#WeAreWeber pic.twitter.com/KHbHzWcpwf
— Weber State MBB 🏀 (@WeberStateMBB) February 24, 2023
Weber State will take on the Sacramento State Hornets in the upcoming Big Sky tournament.
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Tournament time!
No. 3 seed Weber State will play No. 6 seed Sacramento State in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament next Monday night in Boise, Idaho. #WeAreWeber pic.twitter.com/lgNA455k8q
— Weber State MBB 🏀 (@WeberStateMBB) February 28, 2023
The Wildcats defeated the Hornets in both of their regular season matchups this season.
However, fans can expect a good game come tournament time. The two regular season games were decided by a combined 5 points.
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Weber State’s last game closed the season off in a memorable way. WSU went to overtime against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.
Dillon Jones converted an and-one in the final minute of overtime after knifing through the Lumberjack defense. The play gave WSU the lead with 20 seconds remaining.
DJ AND ONE! pic.twitter.com/uoKRmVjWPc
— Weber State MBB 🏀 (@WeberStateMBB) February 28, 2023
Chandler Holt is a Digital Sports Producer for sports.ksl.com, specializing in all things basketball and football. Follow Chandler on Twitter at @ChandlerHoltKSL.
