SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State Men's Basketball freshman Mouhamed Gueye was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the week ending on Nov. 21, the conference office announced Monday. Gueye is the first Coug to earn a weekly award in 2021-22 and the first WSU freshman to take the newcomer award since Efe Abogidi took top freshman honors Dec. 27, 2021. Gueye is the first Coug to take home a weekly award since Noah Williams was named Pac-12 Player of the Week Feb. 21, 2021.
The first year forward put together a solid week in the post for the Cougs helping lead the team to wins over UC Santa Barbara (73-65) to start the week and at Idaho (109-61) to end the week.