Lethbridge, AB – The Two Guys and a Pizza Place Pronghorn Athletes of the Week for the week ending February 20, 2018.
Male Athlete of the Week:
Zac Overwater – Men’s Basketball
Fourth-year forward Zac Overwater recorded back-to-back double-doubles to lead the Lethbridge Pronghorn men’s basketball team to a place they have not seen in 18 years – a trip to the Canada West semifinals. He was also named the Canada West first star of the week.
Overwater led the way for Lethbridge, as the ‘Horns earned a two-game sweep of the Regina Cougars in the conference quarter-finals.
Thursday night in the series opener, the Didsbury, Alta. product scored a game-high 24 points on an efficient 10-for-15 shooting from the field and completed the double-double with 11 rebounds in the Pronghorns convincing 115-68 victory.
Just over a month removed from setting a new program record for points in a game with 49, Overwater had another monstrous performance to lead the Pronghorns to the series sweep, outlasting the Cougars in overtime, 105-98.
On another solid shooting night, Overwater hit over 50 per cent of his shots, including 13 from the free throw line, en route to 43 points and 16 boards for his second consecutive double-double.
Overwater and his Pronghorn teammates will head to Edmonton to face the Canada West top seeded Alberta Golden Bears in a best of three semi-final starting Friday night.
Female Athlete of the Week:
No female Athletes in competition
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