University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Pember named Big South Player of the Week
12.13.2021 | Men's Basketball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Big South Conference announced its men's basketball weekly awards on Monday, with UNC Asheville's Drew Pember garnering Big South Player of the Week honors after averaging a double-double for the Bulldogs.
Against the SoCon-favorite Chattanooga, Pember scored a career-high 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field adding seven rebounds and two blocks. The Tennessee transfer had an even better performance in a win at Western Carolina Saturday, scoring 19 points and grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds - knocking down two key free throws late to help seal the game. Pember was a force defensively against the Catamounts, swatting five shots to give him 37 on the season and help lift Asheville to its first win in Cullowhee since 2007.
A junior, Pember ranks fifth in the nation in total blocks and fifth in blocks per game (3.7) - leading the conference in both categories.
To read the Big South's release, click here.
This is the first weekly award for the Bulldogs since LJ Thorpe was named Big South Player of the Week in November of 2019.
Against the SoCon-favorite Chattanooga, Pember scored a career-high 19 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field adding seven rebounds and two blocks. The Tennessee transfer had an even better performance in a win at Western Carolina Saturday, scoring 19 points and grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds - knocking down two key free throws late to help seal the game. Pember was a force defensively against the Catamounts, swatting five shots to give him 37 on the season and help lift Asheville to its first win in Cullowhee since 2007.
A junior, Pember ranks fifth in the nation in total blocks and fifth in blocks per game (3.7) - leading the conference in both categories.
To read the Big South's release, click here.
This is the first weekly award for the Bulldogs since LJ Thorpe was named Big South Player of the Week in November of 2019.
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