{"id":206631,"date":"2024-11-19T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=206631"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:43:58","slug":"christensen-big-west-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/19\/christensen-big-west-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Christensen earns 1st UH<\/abbr> Big West Player of the Week honor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa men\u2019s basketball<\/a> player Tanner Christensen has been named the Big West Men\u2019s Basketball Player of the Week. This is the first weekly honor for a UH<\/abbr> player this season and Christensen\u2019s first honor as a Rainbow Warrior.<\/p>\n

The center averaged 19.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 73.7% from the floor in a pair of wins over Pacific and Weber State. On November 17, he scored a team-high 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting in a 73-68 overtime victory over Weber State. Christensen sank his first nine shots of the contest, scored 20 points by halftime and hit the game-tying basket with six seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n

Christensen was named the Rainbow Classic Most Outstanding Player as UH<\/abbr> won its first Rainbow Classic championship in seven years. On the year, Christensen leads the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game and a .765 field goal percentage.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Warriors (4-0) will host North Carolina on November 22. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/p>\n

For more on Christensen, go to HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tanner Christensen leads the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game and a field goal percentage of .765. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,660,714,9,550],"class_list":["post-206631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t