MIAMI (February 5, 2018) – After leading the FIU men's basketball team to a crucial Conference USA weekend sweep, the Panthers' Brian Beard, Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, California) has been named Player of the Week by both C-USA and CollegeSportsMadness.com, for the week ending, Feb. 4, as announced this afternoon. Beard, Jr. is the first FIU men's basketball player to earn the C-USA honor since Adrian Diaz was tabbed on Jan. 4, 2015. Diaz won the award three times during the 2015-16 campaign.
Beard, Jr., a major reason that FIU won back-to-back C-USA games for the first time since the 2015-16 season, averaged 21.