Papa Dia Named C-USA Player Of The Week

by **PonyPride** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:04 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

Papa Dia Named C-USA Player Of The Week
Dia Earns Second Honor; Averaged 22.5 Points, 10.5 Rebounds And 4.0 Blocks

Jan. 17, 2011

SMU senior Papa Dia was named the C-USA Player of the Week by voting from a media panel covering the 12 conference schools. Dia averaged a double-double in a pair of conference games against Memphis and Houston.

Dia averaged 22.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in games against Memphis and Houston. Dia had double-doubles in both games as he hit 60 percent from the floor (15-25) and 83.3 percent on free throws (15-18). Against Houston, he scored 23 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked a career-high seven shots. The seven blocks was also an SMU record in a C-USA game. In Wednesday's 64-58 win against Memphis, he had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Dia also hit 5-of-6 free throws and grabbed two rebounds in the final 32 seconds to help seal the victory. This is his second C-USA Player of the Week honor this season and for his career.

The Mustangs (10-7, 1-2 C-USA) play at UAB on Wednesday at 7 p.m. SMU returns home to face Southern Miss on Saturday at 2 p.m. For tickets, call 214-768-4263 (SMU-GAME) or click here.

2010-11 C-USA Players of the Week
Nov. 15: Maurice McNeil, Houston
Nov. 22: Papa Dia, SMU
Nov. 29: Ovie Soko, UAB
Dec. 6: Cameron Moore, UAB
Dec. 13: Gary Flowers, Southern Miss
Dec. 20: Keith Clanton, UCF
Dec. 27: Arsalan Kazemi, Rice
Jan. 3: Arsalan Kazemi, Rice
Jan. 3: Kendall Timmons, Tulane
Jan. 10: Randy Culpepper, UTEP
Jan. 17: Papa Dia, SMU

by **pwnyxpress** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:16 pm

Good job, Papa! Keep up the good work.

by **SMU89** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:47 pm

As he should. Congrats.

by **skyscraper** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:31 pm

Well done. He was a beast on Saturday vs. Houston.

by **PonyDoh** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:37 pm

He's having a great year. hopefully, he makes enough of impression to get paid to play somewhere next year. He should have a decent pro career, probably in europe

by **Bergermeister** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:45 am

skyscraper wrote:Well done. He was a beast on Saturday vs. Houston.

Yeah, we really showed Houston. :roll:

by **Harry0569** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:05 am

PonyDoh wrote:He's having a great year. hopefully, he makes enough of impression to get paid to play somewhere next year. He should have a decent pro career, probably in europe

Or Asia! China/Japan/South Korea all pay their players extremely well.

Papa has had a great career (excluding soph. year), and he should be rewarded by playing professionally somewhere.

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