NEW ORLEANS – Arkansas State senior guard Taryn Todd has been named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after an impressive scoring outburst while leading the Red Wolves to a pair of non-conference wins.
 
Todd becomes the first A-State player to garner the league’s top weekly honor since Caleb Fields accomplished the feat on Feb. 6, 2024.
 
Todd had a career week for Arkansas State, averaging a league-best 27 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 20-for-42 (.476) from the field, including 6-for-14 (.429) from 3-point range. His 54 total points were the fifth most nationally last week and his 20 field goals made ranked third.
 
A Vaughan, Ontario, Canada native, Todd scored 23 points to complement a career-high eight rebounds and four assists with no turnovers in an 83-79 home win over UT Arlington on Dec. 12. He was instrumental in the Red Wolves’ improbable 98-89 comeback victory in overtime at American Athletic Conference preseason favorite UAB on Dec. 15, scoring 22 of a career-high 31 points after halftime. He made 12 shots in the contest including four 3-pointers to match his career high while also grabbing six rebounds and dishing out five assists in the win.
 
The Red Wolves’ win at UAB was tied for the sixth-largest comeback win in NCAA Division-I history. Trailing by as many as 27 points in the second half, Arkansas State became just the sixth team ever to overcome a deficit of 25 or more at halftime while tying for the third largest halftime comeback in D-I history.
 
2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Jackson Fields, Troy (Jr., F – Missouri City, Texas)
Week 2 – Nate Martin, Marshall (Sr., F – Houston, Texas)
Week 3 – Bryce Lindsay, James Madison (R-Fr., G – Baltimore, Md.)
Week 4 – Myles Corey, South Alabama (Gr., G – Ontario, Calif.)
Week 5 – Denijay Harris, Southern Miss (Gr., F – Columbus, Miss.)
Week 6 – Taryn Todd, Arkansas State (Sr., G – Vaughan, Ontario, Canada)