Brandon Cotton is a 5-foot-10 senior guard from Tacoma, Wash.
Providence split two games on a Utah road trip against two NCAA, Division II schools. The Argos beat No. 12 Dixie State 80-76 and lost to Westminster College 73-70.
For the weekend, Cotton averaged 18.5 points, three rebounds, six assists and 1.5 steals. He was 14 of 37 from the field including 7 of 15, 3-point field goals and 2 of 2 free throws.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Trystan Bradley of Lewis-Clark State, Connor Burkhart of Montana Western and Kelson Eiselein of Rocky Mountain College