Tyren's the POW

[BirdofParadise]

It should come as no surprise, but Tyren Johnson is the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week AND the Louisiana Sportswriters Association State Player of the week.

It's the second LSWA award for Johnson and the first SBC award.

[NCAA or BUST]

no surprise but still fun to hear.

[NewsCopy]

A couple of days after taking over as the league's leading scorer, Tyren Johnson was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
He was also named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week.

Johnson averaged 26.0 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game in leading Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns to a sweep of FIU and UALR last week, helping the Ragin' Cajuns remain undefeated at home in Sun Belt play at 7-0.

The performance also increased his season average to 17.2 points per game (19.1 per game in SBC play) which vaults him into the top spot on the league's scoring charts ahead of Western Kentucky's AJ Slaughter (17.0 ppg) and Troy's Brandon Hazzard (16.9 ppg).

The Vacherie native made 64.5 percent of his shot attempts (20-of-31) and was 5-of-10 (50 percent) from three-point range.

Saturday night against UALR, he scored 30 points and added 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season. On Thursday, he tallied a game-high 22 vs. FIU.

The scoring performances extended his streak of scoring in double figures to 12 games - a streak which dates back to the Dec. 28 game vs. Centenary.

He poured in 12 points on five field goal makes in the first half against FIU to lead UL to a 40-29 halftime edge. A triple with 15:30 remaining jumpstarted a 12-2 run that turned a 48-38 lead into a 20-point lead.

Johnson scored 19 second-half points against UALR as the Cajuns outscored the Trojans 42-26 after the break. He scored nine of the team's first 15 second half points, including a three-point make with 15:20 left to play that stretched the advantage to 50-29.

Johnson also dished out six assists and added four blocks and seven steals to his outstanding performance.

The Sun Belt honor was his first of the season while he picked up LSWA honors for the second time in the past three weeks.

Johnson and the Ragin' Cajuns (11-12, 8-4 Sun Belt) have risen to sole possession of second place in the Sun Belt West only one game behind leader Arkansas State. The Cajuns are also only one game from the top seed in the Sun Belt Tournament.

Louisiana is on the road this week visiting Boca Raton, Fla., to meet Florida Atlantic on Thursday and Mobile, Ala., to meet South Alabama on Saturday.

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[Cajunsmike]

_ It should come as no surprise, but Tyren Johnson is the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week AND the Louisiana Sportswriters Association State Player of the week.

It's the second LSWA award for Johnson and the first SBC award. _

Hopefully we will be celebrating Tyren winning both those awards for the overall season next month.