ARLINGTON – UT Arlington's Chendall Weaver has been named the Western Athletic Conference's Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week after the Mavericks guard posted a pair of double-figure scoring performances this past Thursday and Saturday.
 
Over the course of two games last week, the 6-3 true freshman averaged 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 53.3 percent (8-15) from the floor in a pair of starts.

The Mansfield native began his week with 10 points and seven rebounds – his second most this year against a Division-I opponent – while also passing out two assists against Utah Valley on Jan. 5. All 10 of those points came in the 2nd half as UTA nearly stopped the nation's eighth-longest winning streak, which is now at 10 in a row for UVU.
 
Two days later, the Mansfield Timberview High School product tallied 11 points and corralled six rebounds in a team-high-tying 34 minutes on Jan. 7 against Seattle U.
 
Over his past seven games, Weaver is averaging 10 points per outing and has emerged as UTA's third-leading scorer this season at 8.4 a game.
 
He is the second Maverick to earn WAC Freshman of the Week honors this season as Brandon Walker collected the award on Dec. 5.
 
Weaver and the Mavs return to action this week when they embark on arguably their most challenging road trip of the season as UTA faces the preseason top-2 teams in the WAC. It begins on Thursday, Jan. 12, at preseason favorite Grand Canyon before heading to New Mexico State – picked to finish 2nd – on Saturday, Jan. 14.
 
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