Chicago State's Brandon Betson has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for November 8-14.
Betson, a junior guard from Hercules, Calif., was the leading scorer for the Cougars in its two season-opening wins last week. He opened the season with 22 points and four assists in Tuesday's 77-72 win over St. Thomas. On Friday, he added to his season totals with 18 points and three assists in a 67-56 win over visiting SIUE. On the week, he averaged 20.0 points per game on 14-of-27 shooting for a .519 clip.
Chicago State's season-opening win over St. Thomas was head coach Gerald Gillion's first as a collegiate head coach. That win also snapped a 28-game losing streak, dating back to December 2019, an 89-81 win over SIUE in Edwardsville. The Cougars win over SIUE (67-56) last Friday night marked the Cougars first two-game win streak over Division I opponents since the 2014-15 season (Feb. 26 vs. GCU, W, 74-70; Feb. 28 vs. Utah Valley, W, 65-44).
Betson and the Cougars will be back in action Tuesday night, traveling north in the city to face the Loyola Ramblers at 7 p.m. at Gentile Arena. The game will be live on NBC Sports Chicago while a streamed audio call will be available on mixlr, available HERE.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet.
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