DALLAS – Following a record-setting performance in a win, UAB junior Jordan Walker was named the Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third time this season, the league announced on Monday. Additionally, Charlotte’s Aly Khalifa was selected as the C-USA Freshman of the Week for the fourth time on the year and in back-to-back weeks. The 2021-22 C-USA Players of the Week awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf and are voted on by the league’s men’s basketball communications directors.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JORDAN WALKER, UAB
JUNIOR, G, 5-11, PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.
Walker set a UAB single-game record with 42 points scored in UAB's 97-75 win over Middle Tennessee, who was the East Division leader, on Saturday. Walker shot a blistering 14-of-23 (.609) from the field and 8-of-16 from behind the 3-point line to break current UAB head coach Andy Kennedy's and Robert Vaden's single-game scoring record of 41 points in a UAB uniform. Walker has scored 20+ point in seven straight games and is averaging 27.0 points per game during that span. His 42 points also tied for sixth-best in C-USA history in a single game. Walker also tallied four assists, four steals and three rebounds to go along with his 42 points. Additionally, Walker scored 21 of his 26 first-half points in the final 6:44 of the game's opening 20 minutes. Walker is the first UAB player to receive the weekly league honor three times in one season in C-USA history.
 
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
ALY KHALIFA, CHARLOTTE
FRESHMAN, F/C, 6-11, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
The defending C-USA Fresman of the Week, Khalifa put together his best all-around performance of his first campaign this weekend in Charlotte's victory over Marshall on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday against Marshall, Khalifa was dominant in the low block, scoring 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while knocking down all four of his attempts from the foul line. He finished his double-double afternoon with a career-high 10 assists, while also pulling in five rebounds to help lead Charlotte to its most dominant victory in conference play in over two years. Overall, Khalifa averaged 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists on the week against WKU and the Thundering Herd. He joins teammate Jahmir Young (2020) as the only two Charlotte players to win at least four Freshman C-USA honors in the same season.
 
2021-22 WINNERS
Player of the Week
N15      Dayvion McKnight, WKU
N22      Tevin Brewer, FIU
N29      Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech
D6        Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech
D13       Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
D20      Camron Justice, WKU
D27      Jahmir Young, Charlotte
J3         Cobe Williams, LA Tech
J10       Carl Pierre, Rice
J17       Jordan Walker, UAB
J24       Jordan Walker, UAB
J31       Souley Boum, UTEP
F7        Jordan Walker, UAB
 
Freshman of the Week
N15      Aly Khalifa, Charlotte
N22      Teafale Lenard, Jr., Middle Tennessee
N29      Rashad Bolden, Southern Miss
D6        Aly Khalifa, Charlotte
D13       Denver Jones, FIU
D20      Kevin Kalu, UTEP
D27      Rashad Bolden, Southern Miss
J3         Aaron Scott, North Texas
J10       Aaron Scott, North Texas
J17       Teafale Lenard, Jr., Middle Tennessee
J24       Aaron Scott, North Texas
J31       Aly Khalifa, Charlotte
F7        Aly Khalifa, Charlotte