Offensive Player of the Week: Omari Nesbit, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Nesbit, a senior guard from Sacramento, Calif., was named the Offensive Player-of-the-Week.
He recorded a pair of 20-plus points performances leading No. 23 ranked Rocky Mountain (Mont.) to a 2-0 record at home. He was clutch down the stretch in RMC’s 68-61 victory over Montana Western, scoring nine points in the final two minutes. He finished the game with 22 points.
Nesbit added 24 points on his 8-of-13 field goals, 4-of-7 from the 3-point line, and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line in Battlin’ Bears 82-71 win over No. 20 ranked Montana Tech. He also contributed three assists in the game.
For the week, Nesbit averaged 23.0 points per game on his 14-of-26 field goals (53.8 percent), 6-of-12 from the 3-point line (50 percent) and hit 12-of-14 free-throws.
This is Nesbit’s first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week award.