Ant Navarrete Garners CCAA Weekly Acclaim

Ant Navarrete Garners CCAA Weekly Acclaim

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Helping the first-place Cal State East Bay Pioneers to their first 20-win season in nearly two decades, junior Ant Navarrete has been named CCAA Player of the Week for Feb. 11-17.

The forward from San Lorenzo posted big numbers with two efficient games for the Pioneers as the squad secured a pair of home victories. Navarrete averaged 25.0 points on 80 percent shooting and 9.0 rebounds in wins over Bay Area foes San Francisco State and Sonoma State.

He tallied 22 points on 11-for-15 shooting in a 13-point win over the Gators on Thursday. Then two days later, he racked up a season-high 28 points on a ridiculous 13-for-15 shooting performance, adding 12 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the year as the Pioneers erased a late deficit to squeak out a one-point win over the Seawolves.

The successful home stands keeps Cal State East Bay one game up in the CCAA standings as the Pioneers notched the program’s first 20-win season since 1999-00. With three games remaining on the docket, Cal State East Bay has secured a first-round home game in the 2018-19 CCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament postseason bracket.

Next, the Pioneers take on Cal State Monterey Bay Saturday at 3 p.m. in their final regular-season home contest of the 2018-19 schedule.

Also nominated:
Christian Bayne, UC San Diego
Khalil Fuller, Cal State San Marcos
Daytone Jennings, Cal State San Bernardino
Colten Kresl, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Dwight Ramos, Cal Poly Pomona
 
2018-19 CCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Nov. 5-11 Chris Hansen, UC San Diego
Nov. 12-18 Christian Oshita, UC San Diego
Nov. 19-25 Chris Hansen, UC San Diego
Nov. 26-Dec. 2 Ryne Williams, San Francisco State
Dec. 3-9 Justin Everett, Humboldt State
Dec. 10-16 Anthony Fitzpatrick, Cal State LA
Dec. 17-23 Juwan Anderson, Cal State East Bay
Dec. 24-30 Malik Duffy, Chico State
Dec. 31-Jan. 6 Andres Villa, Cal State San Bernardino
Jan. 7-13 Justin Everett, Humboldt State
Jan. 14-20 Ant Navarrete, Cal State East Bay
Jan. 21-27 Darae Elliott, Cal State San Marcos
Jan. 28-Feb. 3 Jiday Ugbaja, San Francisco State
Feb. 4-10 William Christmas, Cal Poly Pomona
Feb. 11-17 Ant Navarrete, Cal State East Bay