University of Memphis freshman guard Will Barton was Conference USA Freshman of the Week on Monday, the league announced. Barton averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists during last week's stretch that included two conference road wins at Southern Miss and at UAB.
He had 17 points and eight rebounds in Saturday's 76-73 overtime win against UAB.
"We need him to continue to get better. There's still a lot of room for growth for him," said U of M coach Josh Pastner. "He hasn't peaked at all, not even near. So, we're expecting big things from him, but it's still a work in progress. It's not going to happen overnight with him. But he's getting better."
Barton's younger brother, Antonio, has been the C-USA Freshman of the Week twice — the week of Nov. 15 and the week of Jan. 3.
Freshman guards Chris Crawford and Joe Jackson also received the award consecutively during the weeks of Dec. 20 and Dec. 27.
Freshman forward Tarik Black remains the only Tiger freshman — besides freshman forward Hippolyte Tsafack, who is likely going to medically redshirt — that hasn't received the award this season.
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