DALLAS, Texas - Ben Hunt was named RRAC Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week for the dates of Jan. 2-8. He shares the award with Texas A&M-International's Keith Simpson.

     Hunt, a junior guard from Bendigo, Australia, helped Wesleyan topple ninth-ranked Louisiana State University-Shreveport and posted a triple-double to lead the Rams to the top of the RRAC. In the 109-100 defeat of LSU-Shreveport, he scored 24 points with eight rebounds and six assists. Hunt's next feat was a 17-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist effort in a 99-86 win over Paul Quinn College (Texas). For the week, he made 14-of-24 field goal attempts (58.3%) including 5-of-11 from three-point range. The Rams are 6-1 in the conference and 10-5 overall.

    "We are doing things necessary to win right now, and Ben has been a big part of that," head coach Terry Waldrop said. "Even though he is only 6-2, he fights for every rebound and has been a big surprise on the boards. It just goes to show when you work that hard, good things will happen."

     Texas Wesleyan now sits in first place in the RRAC standings, a half-game ahead of both Langston and Houston Baptist. The Rams have won six in a row and 9 of its last 10 games, after going 1-4 to start the season.

     The Rams will be back in action Thursday when they host conference-rival Texas College. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Sid Richardson Gymnasium. Texas Wesleyan leads the all-time series, 11-0, and won both meetings last season. The Rams defeated the Steers, 76-74 in Fort Worth, and 78-66, in Tyler.