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Niang 2014

Sango Niang

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/24/2014
  • Sport
    Basketball - M
  • Bio
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Portland, OR – Simon Fraser University men’s basketball player Sango Niang (Paris, France) has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Red Lion Player of the Week.

Niang’s performance led his team to a split weekend, defeating Central Washington Universityon Thursday before falling to Northwest Nazarene on Saturday.

The junior had 63 points and 21 assists over the two games as he recorded two double-doubles on the weekend.

In Thursday’s win Niang scored 36 points and added 11 assists leading the Clan to a 112-99 victory over CWU.

He was only two rebounds away from his first career triple-double, as he recorded eight rebounds as well on the night.

He scored scoring the second most points in GNAC history in a game in which the player also had 10 or more assists.

On Saturday Niang had a 27 point, ten assist performance in SFU’s 98-90 loss to NNU.

Over the weekend he made 19 of 29 field goal attempts and was a perfect 20 for 20 from the foul line.

Niang and the Clan are back in action closing out the 2013-14 season as they travel south to face Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s this weekend.


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Date Athlete Sport
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1/6/2014 Skylor Davis Wrestling - M
12/30/2013 Katie Lowen Basketball - W
11/26/2013 Lindsey Butterworth Cross Country - W
11/26/2013 Magnus Kristensen Soccer - M
11/13/2013 Chris Bargholz Soccer - M
11/11/2013 Casey Chin Football
11/4/2013 Brandon Watson Soccer - M
10/29/2013 Ryan Dhillon Soccer - M
10/28/2013 Rebecca Bassett Cross Country - W
10/21/2013 Juan Sanchez Soccer - M
10/14/2013 Alexander Kleefeldt Soccer - M
10/14/2013 Bret Thompson Golf - M
10/7/2013 Mike Belle Golf - M
9/30/2013 Kansas Mackenzie Cross Country - W
9/22/2013 Kirsten Allen Cross Country - W
9/22/2013 Chris Tolbert Football
9/16/2013 Lindsey Butterworth Cross Country - W
9/16/2013 Glenn Paden Soccer - M
9/9/2013 Lucas Ferritto Soccer - M
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