University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Teague Selected Big South Conference Player of the Week
12.27.2016 | Men's Basketball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – UNC Asheville freshman guard MaCio Teague has been selected the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week it was announced by the league office on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.
In Asheville's narrow loss to UNCG last week on Monday, Dec. 19, Teague scored a career-best 29 points to go along with eight rebounds, two assists and one steal. Teague connected on six three-pointers in the contest with the Spartans. He was 6-of-9 from beyond the arc in total.
Teague followed up his performance against UNCG by putting together another impressive performance against Ohio State on Thursday, Dec. 22, with 23 points, six rebounds, five assists and one steal.
In the Bulldogs' two games last week, Teague averaged 26 points, seven rebounds, 3.5 assists and one steal per game. He was a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe and he shot 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the field overall and 50 percent (8-of-16) from beyond the arc.
The weekly honor is the second of the year for Teague from the Big South Conference. He was also tabbed the league's Freshman of the Week on Nov. 21, 2016.
Teague and UNC Asheville (8-5) will next open conference play by traveling to Radford, Va., to face off against Radford at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
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