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Sean Tarver of the Winnipeg Wesmen men’s basketball team and Erin Locke from the York Lions women’s hockey squad are the U SPORTS Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Dec. 2, 2018.
Sean Tarver of @UWinnipeg @WesmenMBB has been named the Canada West conference male 1st star of the week. He becomes the first Wesmen player to win Canada West first star since Benny Iko in 2012. Faith Hezekiah of @Wesmen_WBB named female 2nd star
— Wesmen Athletics (@Wesmenathletics) December 4, 2018
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Tarver posted a pair of career-highs in back-to-back nights as the Wesmen split with Brandon University over the weekend. On Friday, Tarver grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to go along with 24 points. The next night, Tarver scored 24 points in the second half to cue a Wesmen surge that turned a tie game into a 20-point win.
He scored a career-high 33 points and recorded his fifth double-double of the season. He averaged 28.5 points and 15.5 rebounds while shooting 53 per cent from the field and 54 per cent from three-point range.
Locke led the Lions to victory on Friday night with two goals against the Western Mustangs, including the game-winner in a 3-2 overtime win. The win was a big one for the Lions as they upset the No. 7 ranked Mustangs in their last game before the winter break. Locke, who missed the first ten games of the season with an injury, returned last weekend and also scored the overtime winner in a 1-0 win over the Laurentian Voyageurs. Locke has now scored three goals in her two games played this year including two big overtime goals for the team as they head into the break on a three-game winning streak.
WHKY ? | York's own Erin Locke has been named the OUA's female athlete of the week! #lionpride #whanauhttps://t.co/n3Y5xOLAFq
— York Lions (@yorkulions) December 4, 2018
Locke has led the Lions in scoring the past two seasons, racking up 11 points (five goals, six assists) in the 2016-17 campaign and a career-high 12 points (five goals, seven assists) last season.
Male nominees:
- CW: Sean Tarver, basketball, Winnipeg
- OUA: Gianfranco Sartor, volleyball, Western
- RSEQ: Avery Cadogan, basketball, McGill
- AUS: Tyler Boland, hockey, UNB
Female nominees:
- CW: Lauryn Keen, hockey, Man
- OUA: Erin Locke, hockey, York
- RSEQ: Gladys Hakizimana, basketball, McGill
- AUS: Lauren Legault, hockey, St. Thomas