Showing no ill effects from a knee strain that caused him to miss two games, Cal State Northridge's Rashaun McLemore (Richmond, Va./Frank Phillips College) shined in a reserve role to lead the Matadors to a pair of impressive conference road victories and earn Big West Men's Basketball Player of the Week accolades.

McLemore was efficiently lethal against UC Irvine (66-62) and UC Santa Barbara (70-69) as the two wins moved the Matadors into sole possession of second place in the Big West at 5-3.

In 23 minutes against the Anteaters, McLemore posted 15 points and five rebounds.  He hit a game-winning three-point bank shot with 22 seconds remaining to give CSUN a 63-59 lead.  He added a free throw with seven seconds remaining to put the Matadors up 64-59.

McLemore played an incredibly productive 17 minutes against the Gauchos.  He delivered a career-high 26 points on 4 of 7 shooting from three-point land and a 10 of 13 effort from the free throw line.  The four three-pointers and 10 free throws were also career-highs.

With six seconds to play and CSUN leading UCSB, 68-66, McLemore swiped a Gaucho out-of-bounds pass and hit the ensuing two free throws after he was fouled.  He had earlier sank two free throws with 13 seconds left to increase CSUN's lead to 68-63.

Others nominated:  David Hanson (Cal Poly); Casper Ware (Long Beach State); Mark Payne (UC Davis); Eric Wise (UC Irvine); Orlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara); Sam Willard (Pacific)