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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced on Monday that senior forward Lesley Varner II of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s basketball team is the WAC Player of the Week.
Varner led the Vaqueros to their fourth and fifth-straight victories by averaging 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.5 steals while shooting 56.3 percent (9-for-16) from the field and 93.8 percent from the line (15-for-16).
In Thursday’s 80-72 victory over Utah Valley, Varner posted his second double-double of the season with 11 points, a career-high 14 rebounds, four assists, and three steals.
In Saturday’s 79-72 victory over Seattle U, Varner scored a game-high 23 points with eight rebounds and two assists.
Overall, Varner is eighth in the WAC in scoring at 14.0 points per game and fifth in rebounding at 6.1 rebounds per game.
UTRGV goes for its sixth-straight victory when it hosts UT Permian Basin on $2 Tuesday at 12 p.m. General admission tickets and most concession items will cost $2 or less. If UTRGV wins, fans can take home a buy one, get one free Raising Cane’s box combo coupon. Current UTRGV students get free general admission with a valid UTRGV student ID. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at UTRGVTickets.com.
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