University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tiras Wade Named Sun Belt Player of the Week
12/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Tiras Wade
Named Sun Belt Player of the Week
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004
LAFAYETTE
- Tiras Wade drew the attention of many across the nation
after his career-best performance last week against then-No.
12 North Carolina State.
On Tuesday, the junior from Tampa, Fla., was recognized for his efforts as he was named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week.
The honor is the first for a Louisiana-Lafayette player this season.
Wade scored a career-high 37 points on 13-of-26 shooting in the Ragin' Cajuns' near-upset of No. 12 N.C. State last Wednesday. The junior guard hit five 3-pointers to lead the Ragin' Cajuns, who hung around until the final seconds before falling short.
Wade's scoring output against the nationally ranked Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C., set a new RBC Center record for points, surpassing the previous building record of 32 set by Arizona State's Eddie House in 2000. It was also the most points by a Cajuns player since Casey Green scored 39 against Alaska-Anchorage on Nov. 29, 1997.
He followed that performance with his third career double-double - first in a Cajuns uniform - by scoring 18 points and pulling down 10 rebounds against Georgia State in a Monday evening win at the Cajundome which extended Louisiana-Lafayette's non-conference homecourt winning streak to 14 straight games.
Wade averaged 27.5 points per game and eight boards per contest last week. He led the Cajuns in scoring in both games - a feat which he has accomplished in all nine of the Cajuns games thus far this season.
Wade and his teammates return to action on Thursday, Dec. 23 as the Ragin' Cajuns visit McNeese State in Lake Charles. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Lake Charles Civic Center.
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