PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ty Cockfield II, Arkansas State (Sr., G, Gainesville, Ga.)
Arkansas State senior guard Ty Cockfield II averaged 30.5 points on 47.2 percent shooting (25-of-53) in two games to close out the regular season. Cockfield poured in 26 points in the victory over ULM and dropped 35 points in the overtime loss to Louisiana. His 26 points against the Warhawks tied the game high. He hit the game-tying three-pointer to send the game into overtime against the Ragin’ Cajuns. Adding two more 20-plus point efforts, Cockfield leads the Sun Belt with 20 performances scoring 20 or more points this season. He enters the conference championship tied for the single-season school record for points (695).
2018-19 Weekly Award Winners
November 13: D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
November 20: Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern
November 27: Nijal Pearson, Texas State
December 3: Nijal Pearson, Texas State
December 10: Alonzo Sule, Texas State
December 17: Ty Cockfield II, Arkansas State
January 7: Daishon Smith, ULM
January 14: JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana
January 21: Jordon Varnado, Troy
January 28: JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana and Trhae Mitchell, South Alabama
February 4: Zac Cuthbertson, Coastal Carolina and Brian Warren, UTA
February 11: Daishon Smith, ULM
February 18: Ty Cockfield II, Arkansas State
February 25: Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern
March 4: Ronshad Shabazz, Appalachian State
March 11: Ty Cockfield II, Arkansas State