SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named LMU's
Eli Scott the University Credit Union Player of the Week on Feb. 22 for leading LMU to a four-game win streak including a road sweep on Tuesday and Thursday before playing BYU on Saturday.
Scott opened the week by putting the team on his shoulders and putting together a career-high 37-point performance, tying him for most points in a game for any WCC player this weekend. In all 40 minutes on the court, Scott shot 15-for-22 (.682) and grabbed six rebounds to erase a six-point deficit in the final few minutes of play and hit the game-winning step-back jumper to clinch the victory.
In LMU's second come-from-behind win, Scott led the shorthanded Lions back at San Francisco. One of only six players to see the court in the game, Scott again played all 40 minutes and scored 18 points and grabbed six more rebounds. His biggest contribution may have come at the free throw line down the stretch, where he grabbed his own offensive rebound off a miss and drew another foul for two more shots and help clinch the win.
In Saturday's emotional senior day, playing at home for the final time after four years in an LMU uniform, Scott put together a 17-point performance and move his weekly average to 24.0 points.
For the week Scott shot 56.5 percent from the field, a percent 1.000 percent from three, and 73.1 percent from the free throw line.
Scott also set a rebounding milestone this week, surpassing 700 in his career and moving into the top 10 in program history in boards.
Nobody is averaging more points in conference play this season than Scott, who through 10 league games is averaging 21.0 points per game. Nobody else in conference games in the WCC averages 19.0 or more. The senior also ranks third in such games in rebounding at 7.40 per contest.
Overall, Scott ranks fourth in the conference in scoring at 17.8 points per game and second in rebounding at nearly eight boards a game.
This is LMU's first Player of the Week honor of the season and second of his career. Scott received the same recognition on Dec. 9, 2019.
