Yon named Mountain West player of the week
12/15/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Air Force senior guard Max Yon has been named Mountain West Conference men's basketball player of the week for last week's games. Yon averaged 22.5 points per game while shooting 61.9 percent from the field, including 57.1 percent from three-point range while leading Air Force to a pair of home wins.
Yon scored 21 points and had five rebounds and three assists to help the Falcons to a 77-61 victory over Omaha on Monday. Yon hit back-to-back three-pointers and scored eight points to lead a 13-1 lead midway through the second half which was key to Air Force pulling away for the win. Yon scored 24 points, just one off his career high, and had five rebounds and four assists to lead Air Force past Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 80-47, on Saturday. He scored six points in an 11-0 run early in the first half to put the team in control for the rest of the game. He matched his career high with five three-pointers made and hit seven of 11 field goals overall.
Yon leads the team and is fourth in the conference in scoring with a 15.9 per-game average. He has scored 20 or more points five times this season which leads all players in the conference. Yon leads the conference in three-pointers made per game with 2.9 and is among the league leaders in field goal percentage (56.7) and three-point field goal percentage (52.0).
This weekly honor is the first in Yon's career and he is the first Falcon to win the award since Mike Lyons on Feb. 12, 2013. Air Force returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 20, by hosting UC Davis at 2 p.m. in Clune Arena.
